Once local expert knowledge regarding the harvesting of various non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is lost, it is difficult to recover. We investigated whether the knowledge of expert forest harvesters can be used to determine the habitat distribution and harvesting sites of three popular edible wild ferns, i.e., ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), and royal...

Although typically small in terms of their spatial footprint, landslide hazards are relatively frequent in Northern Iran. In this study, we combine Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing and derive a landscape susceptibility map for Bostan Abad County, Iran. The main objective is an inventory evaluation and zonation of natural landslides. This 2685 square kilometer sized county is ...

Highlight Research Mariculture is one of the activities that can pressure aquatic environment. are carried out by considering sustainability aspects environmentally friendly implementation. The suitability location for mariculture refers to geographical and hydro–oceanographic conditions seen from waters' physical, chemical, biological parameters. index produced using multiple approaches (GIS-b...

Abstract Crop suitability analysis using novel models is a pillar for sustainable land-use planning. In this work, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was integrated with GIS to produce maps wheat and maize under sprinkler irrigation broad bean drip irrigation. The study conducted in an arid area, west Nile Delta of Egypt. characteristics local climate, landscape, groundwater quality were ma...

There has been a growing awareness of the need for sustainable forest management among engineers during last decades. The selection best harvesting system logging operations plays fundamental role in this effort. Nowadays, decision-making process, rely on their own experience, and it is to be expected that evaluation level appropriateness may biased. potential solution problem implementation AH...

This study presents a generic ontology-based architecture using a multi-criteria decision making technique to design a personalized route planning system. The real world has become too complex to implement entirely within an information system such as geographic information system (GIS). A route planning technique is an essential geo-related decision support tool, especially in intelligent tran...

A combination of geographic information system (GIS) and spatial multicriteria decision making (MCDA) in mine water inrush risk evaluation is widely used, but the randomness process index weight determination risk-coping attitude makers are not considered process. Therefore, this paper proposes a probability-based roof method (GIS-MCDA) by combining Monte Carlo analytic hierarchy (MAHP) ordered...