desertification is more related to social and anthropogenic issues than natural causes and it becomes moreimportant over the time. human effects on desertification could be classified as direct and indirect factors. this studyhas focused on the effect of management factor, as a dominant case, on desertification of kashan region based onimdpa (imdpa: iranian model of desertification for potentia...

desertification is more related to social and anthropogenic issues than natural causes and it becomes moreimportant over the time. human effects on desertification could be classified as direct and indirect factors. this studyhas focused on the effect of management factor, as a dominant case, on desertification of kashan region based onimdpa (imdpa: iranian model of desertification for potentia...

In many countries, studies to determine the severity of desertification and providing land plans to implement desertification. One of the models is modified MEDALUS or Iranian model (IMDPA), has been used in present research in order to investigate desertification situation in the Tashk region of Fars province. In this research, the modified IMDPA model used with emphasis on the water, soil and...

Desertification is a worldwide concern and the assessment of aeolian desertification has become one hotspot in global ecosystem research. In this paper, hyperspectral data acquired from modular OMIS-I imaging spectrometer, combined with ETM data and field survey data, was used to assess the aeolian desertification in Korqin Sand, Inner Mongolia, China by pixel-level. The results indicated that ...

Desertification has become one of the most pronounced ecological disasters, affecting arid and semi-arid areas Nigeria. This phenomenon is more in northern region, particularly eleven frontline states Nigeria, sharing borders with Niger Republic. been attributed to a range natural anthropogenic factors. Rampant felling trees for fuelwood, unsustainable agriculture, overgrazing, coupled unfavour...

desertification process as a great problem affects most of the countries in the world specially developing countries. this process has a high rate in arid and semi-arid countries such as iran. the main objective of this research was to investigate land degradation status and desertification mapping of kashan area. different studies have been carried out in the world in order to assess desertifi...

desertification is a major problem in many countries. international efforts have been considered to combat and prevent this phenomenon. the most important cases of these measures are the united nations convention to combat desertification. in this study, imdpa model and gis were used to assess desertification phenomena in kashan plain. some indices of climate and water criteria were selected to...

More than one-third of the earth is characterized by arid and semi-arid climate and desertification phenomenon in these areas has been intensified in recent decades. This study aims to investigate the trend of desertification using vegetation indices and Iranian Model of Desertification Potential Assessment (IMDPA) in Abarkooh Plain, Yazd province, Iran. The satellite images (Landsat images in ...