From a sustainable development perspective, becoming aware of the preservation green spaces and creation infrastructure is great challenge for Algerian arid city, especially in environment. Green multifunctional open space networks aimed at resource management environmental improvement. We chose city Bou-saada as case study to demonstrate need infrastructure. This with semi-arid climate, presen...

there are different models for mapping and evaluation of desertification condition, such as global fao_unep model. there are also several models for evaluation of desertification in iran. in this study, tow fol/owing methods was used: 1-icd method, (iranian classification of desertification). 2- micd method, (modified iranian classification of desertification). in this research, at first, these...

Desertification is a serious threat to the ecological environment and social economy in our world and there is a pressing need to develop a reasonable and reproducible method to assess it at different scales. In this paper, the Ordos Plateau in China was selected as the research region and a quantitative method for desertification assessment was developed by using Landsat MSS and TM/ETM+ data o...

Aeolian desertification is poorly understood despite its importance for indicating environment change. Here we exploit Gaofen-1(GF-1) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data to develop a quick and efficient method for large scale aeolian desertification dynamic monitoring in northern China. This method, which is based on Normalized Difference Desertification Index (NDDI) ...

Integrating remote sensing (RS) with geographic information system (GIS), distribution digital maps of land desertification, spatial database and their statistics in the year of 1986, 1993 and 2000 were obtained by correcting, amplifying and auto classifying the RS images of interlaced zone for agriculture and animal husbandry in northern Shaanxi. The results showed that in the last 15 years de...

Over the past several decades, rocky desertification has led to severe ecological problems in karst areas in South China. After a rocky desertification treatment project was completed, the vegetation coverage changed greatly and, consequently, increased the ecology water consumption (approximately equal to the actual evapotranspiration) of the regional vegetation. Thus, it intensified the regio...

There are different models for mapping and evaluation of desertification condition, such as global FAO_UNEP model. There are also several models for evaluation of desertification in Iran. In this study, tow fol/owing methods was used: 1-ICD method, (Iranian Classification of Desertification). 2- MICD method, (Modified Iranian Classification of Desertification). In this research, at first, these...