Determination of agricultural soil index using geostatistical analysis and GIS on land consolidation projects: A case study in Konya/Turkey

摘要

Land consolidation (LC) is a technical process for agricultural parcels rearrangement according to developing agricultural technology and a gate for sustainable rural development. The success of LC projects depends on the correct determination of soil index (SI) for each of the agricultural parcel. SI values for all study area are determined by interpolation methods using observed SI plots. The spatial analysis based on the kriging method is a convenient and strong way for the estimation of the unknown points from the known points.