It is being argued that there will exist high reliance upon agriculture lands and resources as a provider of food for population in coming decades. The increase in urban land, industrial and residential land uses at the expenses of agricultural lands is among the major consequences of population increase. However, the utilization of soil, water, forest and pasture are geared toward extensive an...

  Determination of land capability for optimal use of land to prevent land degradation and improper use of lands is an effective step towards sustainable development strategy. Regarding the importance of subject, in this study in first ecological potential for usual land uses in Iran (forestry, ecotourism, agriculture, range management, residential areas development and conservation) in Babolro...

drought is transient phenomenon , slow , repetitive and integral part of the climate of each region. drought begins with a substantial reduction in precipitation over the long-term average rainfall and over time, reduced soil moisture and surface and ground water resources will continue to decrease. this phenomenon is the most important in bakhtegan basin because of its importance in strategic ...

Now days desertification of lands in phenomelal that threaded different region of world specially arid, semi arid and semi-arid humid. In this research whit using of two Irainian new methods: IMDPA that is based on geometric sum and MICD that is based on arithmetic sum. Desertification capacity of Lar city area during recent half century (from 1995 to 2005) has considered with emphasis on facto...

Aims: Land-use change due to human activities is one of the important issues in regional and development planning. The aim of this study was to detect land-use changes using Landsat TM, ETM+, IRS and ASTER satellite imagery. Methodology: In this quasi-experimental study, land-use changes in the Haraz watershed over a 23-year period were evaluated. For this study, images of 1992 TM, ETM + 2002, ...