The study and assessment of desertification and/or the advance or retreat arid areas as a function natural anthropogenic causes is necessary for prediction future risks from climate change, to support policymaking, action plans, mitigation measures that can be taken at local global scales. Remote sensing enables modelling, monitoring, behaviour several elements desertification. There have been ...

Karst rocky desertification is a common phenomenon in terrestrial ecosystems, and the deterioration of soil quality has serious side effect on aboveground vegetation underground environmental factors. To clarify variety different grades typical karst areas southwest China, four was calculated by single model (SQI: index), two screening processes (TDS: total dataset MDS: minimum dataset) three s...

this study used quantifying factors affecting desertification based on the iranian model of desertification potentialassessment (imdpa) to assess the current status of desertification in bordekhun region, iran. bordekhun region has anarea of 214.11 km2 and is located near the city of daiyer in boushehr province. first, a working unit map of the regionwas selected as the basic map for evaluation...

Today one of the ecological crisis is the phenomenon of desertification that affecting the world. Desertification is more related to social and anthropogenic issues than natural causes and it becomes more important over the time. Monitoringis the systematic collection and analysis of information as a project progresses. In this study, using AHP method and GIS techniques has been to assess deser...

in recent years, the topic of desertification has been discussed in different ways in scientific areas. this event occurred globally, regionally and nationally and many steps were taken to stop it. desertification is challenged universally and its destructive effects are unavoidable and its consequences do endanger the life of inhabitants. the identification of sensitive regions and prevention ...