Aligning Land Use with Land Potential: The Role of Integrated Agriculture

Land use and land cover spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and predicting changes using integrated CA-Markov model

Analyzing the process of land use and cover changes during long periods of time and predicting the future changes is highly important and useful for the land use managers. In this study, the land use maps in the Ardabil plain in north-west part of Iran for four periods (1989, 1998, 2009 and 2013) are extracted and analyzed through remote sensing technique, using the land-sat satellite images. T...

Eutrophication potential of lakes: an integrated analysis of trophic state, morphometry, land occupation, and land use.

Despite being inside a protected area, Lake Sumidouro has been impacted by the anthropogenic occupation of the surrounding area since the 1970's, compromising the ecological integrity of the lake and the sustainable use of natural resources. This study examined the current trophic classification of the lake and developed methods for improving it through an integrated analysis of morphometric an...

Potential climate forcing of land use and land cover change

Pressure on land resources is expected to increase as global population continues to climb and the world becomes more affluent, swelling the demand for food. Changing climate may exert additional pressures on natural lands as present-day productive regions may shift, or soil quality may degrade, and the recent rise in demand for biofuels increases competition with edible crops for arable land. ...

Survey of the Effects of Land Use Variation on Flooding Potential in Tang-e-Bostanak Watershed

The use of new methods of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) in zoning the flooding potential and its variations in a particular geographical area (Tang-e-Bostanak Catchment Area) constitutes the main subjects of this study. In this regard, the production, combination, and composition of effective information layers such as K index and run off in identifying these zon...

Teaching Integrated Land Use–Transportation Planning