Urban lands - meaning cities or towns - are developed, utilized, and then left to degrade in many different ways. These processes of Urban Land Degradation are closely related to four aspects of human activities: # Extraction of resources, # Transformation into goods, # Production of waste # Conflicts that arise when population grows and demands increase while resources remain limited. Urban land is developed and deteriorates in the course of these activities, while cities keep spreading, consuming the green spaces surrounding them. Dieter D. Genske has written about it in "Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation - Remediation" (ISBN: 978-3-540-43845-8)
the main causes for the land degradation in the punjab is theintensive cultivation.
land degradation causes soil errosion which further lead to drought and desertification.
Go to google images and type 'effects of land degradation' or just 'land degradation' and you should get what you want. You can also type in things like removal of topsoil & mudslides because they come under soil erosion and soil erosion. Soil erosion is a factor of land degradation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_degradation This website has effects of land degradation. You can also type a few of those effects in google images.
The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas, also known as urban sprawl, refers to the unplanned and widespread development of cities and towns that consumes a large amount of land in a disorderly manner. This can lead to negative consequences such as environmental degradation, traffic congestion, and social segregation. Efforts to manage urban sprawl typically involve implementing land use planning and sustainable development practices.
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the bio physical environment is affected by one or more combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.
Yes, it is hazardous.
By planting trees
Land degradation is the land that is being degraded in some form that is negative. Soil erosion is when rock and soil is removed from one location of land to another.
Erosion, deforestation, and waterlogging are all accelerated by human actions and all lead to general land degradation. Conservation efforts to prevent land degradation include gardening, fertilizing, planting trees, and constructing wind breakers.
prevent overgrazing....
Degradation
Human activity is the main cause of soil degradation. Agriculture plays a large part in soil degradation, especially clearing, irrigation, the spreading of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, overgrazing and even the passage of heavy farming equipment. Tillage and the clearing and deforestation of large plots of land also lead to soil degradation. Improper drainage in agricultural fields also contributes to soil degradation.