The literature on transboundary water resources allocation modeling is still short on encompassing and analyzing complex geographic multiparty nature of basins. This study elaborates the Inter Temporal Euphrates and Tigris River Basin Model (ITETRBM), which is a linear programming based transboundary water resources allocation model maximizing net economic benefit from allocation of scarce wate...

the aim of this research was to evaluate and select of appropriate indicators for different zones of baghe shadi region where it have six different zones (restricted zone, protected zone, restored zone, inhibition zone, recreational zone and other uses zone). to do so, first top-down approach and likert scale questionnaire was used for voting from 32 experts. after that using influence matrix, ...

Salinization is a major soil degradation threat in irrigated lands worldwide. In Portugal, it affects several pockets of agricultural areas, but the spatial distribution and intensity salinity are not well known. Unlike conventional approaches to appraise salinity, remote sensing multispectral data have great potential for detecting, monitoring, investigating problems areas. This study explores...

—Studies suggest that the southern United States is an area of primary concern with regards to the spread of nonnative invasive plant species. Recent data show that species such as Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and Nepalese browntop (Microstegium vimineum) are invading forests and displacing native species throughout the southern United States. Monitoring on large spatial scales is a...

Sustainable agriculture has drawn attention to the maintenance and enhancement of soil health. However, research on quality been carried out mainly in field crops and, a lesser extent, mature orchards, neglecting relevance assessing status first years tree plantations. Therefore, aim this study was assess index young almond orchards located marginal lands managed under different practices. The ...

This study presents a global scale analysis of cropping intensity, crop duration and fallow land extent computed by using the global dataset on monthly irrigated and rainfed crop areas MIRCA2000. MIRCA2000 was mainly derived from census data and crop calendars from literature. Global cropland extent was 16 million km around the year 2000 of which 4.4 million km (28%) was fallow, resulting in an...

The large-scale increase in ecological and socio-economic consequences of the interaction between society nature requires development a forecast changes, identifying main characteristics geosystems. It is very difficult task to reliably structural dynamic state landscapes located zone intensive management, because role anthropogenic factor change natural environment increasing now that scientif...