Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26      10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26      Published : Fall 2016
Authored by : Gohar Ali Mahar , Sujomal Meghwar , Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo

26 Pages : 337-347

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26      10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26      Published : Dec 2016

Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta

    A study has been conducted on the Indus delta to evaluate the environmental degradation and spatially geomorphic change occurred over the region in last three to four decades. Based on the results, it has been identified that i) the coastline is rapidly receding; ii) creeks’ network are enlarging ; iii) tidally influenced areas are rapidly encroaching;  v) river morphology is being changed. During the last three decades, it has been observed that the enormous water divergence of Indus river system in the upstream areas have tremendously depleted the water-flow and the sediment discharges to downstream areas particularly into the delta region resulting in the deterioration of deltaic environment, ecosystem, geomorphology and consequently causing the socioeconomic crises in the area. Study also found that overall delta degradation has severely affected the agriculture activities of the deltaic region, resulting in the decreasing in cultivated land, production and yield of the crops.

    Indus Delta, Satellite Images, Water, Geomorphology, Indus River
    (1) Gohar Ali Mahar
    Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Sujomal Meghwar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo
    Lecturer, Government Degree College Kali Mori , Hyderabad., Sindh, Pakistan
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    APA : Mahar, G. A., Meghwar, S., & Junejo, M. I. (2016). Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta. Global Regional Review, I(I), 337-347. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26
    CHICAGO : Mahar, Gohar Ali, Sujomal Meghwar, and Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo. 2016. "Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta." Global Regional Review, I (I): 337-347 doi: 10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26
    HARVARD : MAHAR, G. A., MEGHWAR, S. & JUNEJO, M. I. 2016. Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta. Global Regional Review, I, 337-347.
    MHRA : Mahar, Gohar Ali, Sujomal Meghwar, and Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo. 2016. "Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta." Global Regional Review, I: 337-347
    MLA : Mahar, Gohar Ali, Sujomal Meghwar, and Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo. "Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta." Global Regional Review, I.I (2016): 337-347 Print.
    OXFORD : Mahar, Gohar Ali, Meghwar, Sujomal, and Junejo, Muhammad Ibrahim (2016), "Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta", Global Regional Review, I (I), 337-347
    TURABIAN : Mahar, Gohar Ali, Sujomal Meghwar, and Muhammad Ibrahim Junejo. "Temporal Change Study and its Consequent impact on economic, socio-economic and demographic conditions of Indus Delta." Global Regional Review I, no. I (2016): 337-347. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).26