The Productive Landscape in the Desert Margin for the Sustainable Development of Rural Settlements: An Innovative Greenbelt for Maranjab Desert in Iran

About two billion rural individuals depend on agricultural systems associated with a high amount of risk and low levels yield in the drylands Asia, Africa, Latin America. Human activities, climate change natural extreme events are most important drivers desertification. This phenomenon has occurred many regions Iran, particularly villages periphery central desert made living oases so difficult that number abandoned is increasing every year. Land abandonment land-use increase study aims to respond research questions: (i) does planning green infrastructures margin affect distribution balance population?, (ii) how should belt be designed have greatest impact counteracting desertification?, (iii) design productive landscape provide solution? Through wide-ranging comprehensive approach, this develops different scenarios for designing new form order sustainably manage issues environmental protection, tradition preservation desertification counteraction. proposes new-traditional greenbelt including small low-cost low-tech projects adapted scale.