nowadays, population growth and on the other hand resources limitations astonish authorities. population changes cause variation in economic activities and land use changes. as a whole, overusing, improper land use and human disturbances over natural resources make environmental imbalances worse. in recent decades, we have seen land use changes in taleghan basin. land use changes were produced ...

Landuse change and climate are the main drivers of hydrological processes. The purpose this study was to analyse separate combined future effects landuse changes on water balance components different spatial temporal scales using integrated Soil Water Assessment Tool model. focused relationship between yield (WYLD) sediment (SYLD) in heterogeneous Taleghan Catchment Iran. For scenarios, RCP 4.5...

Compared to surface water, groundwater resources are the primary source of water supply in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran, hence the importance of the management of these resources .  In this regard, we assessed the effects of landuse changes on the qualitative and quantitative status of groundwater resources in Eshtehard region, Iran. Through processing and analyzing the satellite images, ...

Economists have argued that commonly held African rangelands are suffering widespread degradation due to overstocking. However, in many areas, degradation is localized rather than widespread. Current common property models are insufficient for analysis of such degradation. A model is developed identifying conditions leading to spatial differences in rangeland condition. Analysis of longitudinal...

Following rapid development of economy in China, great changes also take place in landuse status, especially in the urban area. In order to quickly and truly acquire the information of landuse changes and status in quo, aid the government to scientifically manage the land resource, National Land and Resource Department executes a Landuse RS Monitoring project that began from 1999 and will keep ...

This study examines the use of image processing and remote sensing in landuse changes mapping for Palladam Taluk between 1972(Topographic sheets) and 2011(satellite images). The layers of landuse map (1972) were digitized by heads-up digitization method in Quantum GIS (QGIS) software environment. Similarly the layers of landuse map (2011) were developed by supervised classification of satellite...

Adverse changes in rangeland vegetation can be considered as one of the criteria for land degradation. Some of these changes can be evaluated through monitoring the spatial changes of landscape parameters. This study aimed to investigate the landscape changes in Kezab rangelands of Yazd province, central Iran. Landsat satellite images of 1990, 2002, and 2013, and landscape metrics including Tot...