Land Capability for Agriculture, Hermel District, Lebanon

Land Capability Analysis for Solar Farms Exploitation Considering Claimatic Factors: Case of Ilam Province

Considering the geographical location and climatic conditions solar energy can be used in Ilam province. The main objective of this study is prioritization of various districts of Ilam province for exploiting solar energy. Because of the necessity of taking economic, technical, social, and environmental constraints into account in solar site analysis, the map of Nan exploitable regions is extra...

Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture

Modeling land suitability/capability using fuzzy evaluation

Modeling the suitability of land to support specific land uses is an important and common GIS application. Three classic models, specifically pass/ fail screening, graduated screening and weighted linear combination, are examined within a more general framework defined by fuzzy logic theory. The rationale underlying each model is explained using the concepts of fuzzy intersections, fuzzy unions...

Ecological Capability Evaluation of Sharui Watershed for Forestery Land Us by Makhdoom Model and AHP Method

Forests areas of Iran in comparison with the world is very low and this low area is in demolition threat always. Hence, the remainder of these forests should be managed based on ecological capability evaluation. With regard to importance of subject, ecological capability for forestry in the Sharui watershed, Khuzestan province, was evaluated in 2015. For this purpose, the Makhdoom model and AHP...

Geospatial Evaluation for Urban Agriculture Land Inventory: Roanoke, Virginia USA

Urban agriculture is recently being recognized as a distinctive urban land use contributing to greenspaces and food security. The land inventory forms the critical first step in identifying sites for urban agriculture. The authors’ analysis greatly expands on prior land inventory strategies, first analyzing land cover to identify all open areas available for siting urban agriculture. Then in GI...