Concept of GIS and its applications in natural resource management: A review

Abstract

The demands for management of natural resources requires both management of spatial data and information. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is mainly referred to the broad collection of Information Management Techniques, which can store as well as analyze such information to contribute to the needs for planning and resource management. The benefits of using GIS has produced remarkable changes in such a way and rate at which geo-referenced data is produced, updated, disseminated and analyzed, making production and geographic information analysis is very efficient. GIS gives an abundant opportunity to monitor and manage natural resources at multi-spectral, multi-temporal and multi-spatial resolution. There is an urgent need to know and understand the specialized capabilities of an ever-expanding array of image sources as well as analysis techniques for natural resource managers. This review compiles the various applications of GIS techniques which can be used for NRM i.e., natural resource management such as (Agriculture, soil, water, forest, and natural hazards). An powerful tool in excellent management of both sectors such as public and private. GIS is timesaving and very profitable.