Desertification is the result of a series of important processes. Among them, climate change and human activity are the most important. Arid and semi-arid regions cover a vast area of Iran (85%). The hazard assessment of desertification and preparation of desertification intensity maps are key tools for management of desert regions. This research assessed the efficiency of the MICD model for ha...

building on previous studies on the effectiveness of different types of written corrective feedback, the present study aimed at investigating whether direct focused corrective feedback and direct unfocused corrective feedback produced any differential effects on the accurate use of english articles by efl learners across two different proficiency levels (low and high). in current study, the par...

Nowadays, desertification is one of the ecological crises of the world. To control Desertification, having a clear understanding of its factors and processes is necessary. KALMAND Protected Area region of Yazd with area of 71269.37 Hectares’ was considered to evaluate current Condition of desertification using ICD. Iranian Classification of Desertification (ICD) was presented by M. Ekhtes...

Addressing desertification, due to its multi-criteria nature, increasing development, extensive and long-term impacts on natural resources and human populations, is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Therefore, for optimal utilization of facilities and limited funds allocated to this issue, evaluation of current strategies, based on different criteria is essential to avoid wasting na...

Urbanization lead a wide variety of difficulties that changes in the pattern of land use is the major consequence. One of the outcome of land use changes is ecological and biological capacity reduction or desertification. In this study, for determine of desertification due to urban development within the city of Mashhad, was used Iranian mothod (IMDPA). The land use map of this area was prepare...