Beschreibung
Coastal ecosystems are most economically productive and densely populated regions in the world. But most of them have degraded due to the seawater intrusion and this condition has highly affected for the changes of land use patterns in Sri Lanka. Eighty percent of land in the left bank of Bentota river basin has been abandoned and 25km distance along the Bentota river has already been affected by the seawater intrusion.This study highly targeted to determine the coastal salinity and appropriate land use patterns for the basin. This developed GIS model will be useful for future researches, extension services and agricultural decison makers in this area.
Autorenporträt
Miss Perera M D N D (Bsc in Agricultural Resource Management and Technology) is currently working as a research assistant of Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
