توزيع السكان في السودان وعلاقته بالتنمية المستدامة دراسة تطبيقية باستخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية والاستشعارعن بعد

Abstract

This study deals with the distribution of population in Sudan and its relationship to sustainable development as an applied study in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). The study aimed at identifying the most important problems related to population distributions and its relationship to sustainable development, and furthermore propose future solutions to these problems. The researcher used the descriptive-analytical, statistical and historical methods. As the field study, the research tools like questionnaires, direct observations and personal interviews were used to collect primary data while books, scientific reports and journals were used as the secondary sources of information likewise, the researcher benefited from satellite images and special (GIS) applications. The study was classified in five chapters, the first chapter deals with the basics of the previous researches and studies, while the second chapter deals with the theoretical framework, geography of the population, sustainable development, GIS and RS. The fourth chapter includes a presentation of the methodology used in the research, and then describe the research community, the method of selecting the sample and the characteristics of the sample individuals who were conducted research, and illustrates the tools used in the data collection, and a detailed description of the tools and method of data collection, as well as field research procedures, and then Statistical methods used to process data collected. The fifth chapter of the study concluded with the conclusion and the most important findings and recommendations in an attempt to find the relationship of population distribution in Sudan to sustainable development as an applied study from the perspective of applications for GIS and remote sensing. The researcher has reached the following most important findings: This study has proved that unbalanced development affects population distribution and it is the major cause of wastage natural resources specifically in the states with poor population density. Likewise, there is a significant difference in the use of technology between the government institutions and the society. Furthermore, the study has proved that the government monopolizing technology reduces the opportunities for sustainable development. Along with other findings, this study showed that peripheral states are repulsive to the population due to unbalanced development policy and its vulnerability pressure from neighboring countries, and finally desertification is a major threat to sustainable development. Abiding with the research findings the researcher recommended the following: the government should develop the plans and scientific programs that may contribute in raising the technological capabilities of the society, the need for preparing a national atlas for Crisis and Recovery Mapping and Analysis in Sudan and benefit from the Atlas project established by the United Nations Development Office(UNDP), on the other hand the government should reduce unregulated migration by employing the rural-urban migrants' energy in attractive economic projects that may lead to reverse migration and finally the establishment of a study on climatic change phenomenon and its impacts on sustainable development in Sudan.