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FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT ›› 2014›› Issue (1): 114-119.doi: 10.13466/j.cnki.lyzygl.2014.01.022

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Evaluation of Land Suitability for Rubber Planting in Lingao County Based on GIS Technology

QI Fujia1, QIU Penghua2, WU Xiaotao1, LIU Youzhao1   

  1. 1. College of Public Administration,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095,China;
    2. College of Geography and Tourism,Hainan Normal University,Haikou 571158,China
  • Received:2013-11-11 Revised:2013-11-20 Online:2014-02-28 Published:2020-12-09

Abstract: Taking Lingao County in Hainan Province as a research object,an evaluation index system and a model for suitability of rubber planting are established according to ten selected indexes including irrigation,soil TN,slope,etc.And on the basis of GIS technology,the paper makes land suitability evaluation for rubber planting not only with single factor but also with multiple factors.The results shows that apart from the farmland,construction area and water area,there are 56540.89 hectares of land for plantation of rubber in Lingao County,in which the highest suitability land,the middle suitability land,and the common suitability land cover 2666.15 hectares,29917.38 hectares,23957.36 hectares respectively.Only 9.92% of the land in the comprehensive evaluation area is not suitable for rubber planting,which indicates that Lingao County has a lot of potential land for rubber planting.

Key words: rubber, land suitability evaluation, GIS, Lingao County

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