Land use planning is a science that determines the type of land use through studying the ecological character of the land as well as its socio-economic structure. It is possible to plan for the appropriate use of the land and to enhance the present management of the land use by utilizing Geographical Information System (GIS). To this end, our investigators identified and took steps toward devel...

nowadays, watershed management practices are undertaken based on selective criteria and/or a specific purpose such as a decrease in flood risk, soil erosion and the like. in this respect,fuzzy logic has the ability to manage a wide range of options for decision making. this researchaimed to use the fuzzy logic theory to priorities watershed management practices consideringtime and budget constr...

The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model integrated with Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was positively validated to spatially assess soil erosion risk in the Taung Watershed of Ramotswa Agricultural District during period 2000 – 2020. estimated annual averaged 12.04 12.74 t/ha/year 2020, respectively. Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) type were found be ke...

An Arizona case study consisting of 6 alternative schemes is evaluated with respect to 15 noncommensurable, discrete criteria, using two types of (MCDM) techniques, namely the outranking types of ELECTRE I and II, and the distance-based type of compromise programming (CP). The result is a complete preference ordering of the nondominated alternatives in the cases of ELECTRE II and CP and a parti...

Watershed-based stormwater management (WSM) has been proposed as more effective for stormwater management than traditional methods of controlling stormwater, which are carried out based on jurisdictional lines at the parcel-scale. Because WSM considers the watershed as a total unit, this method is considered to be more effective in reducing problems associated with stormwater management includi...

sub basin prioritization is one of the integrated watershed management and sustainable development strategies. to protect natural resources, through marking zones of potential damage in small areas for is a primary need sustainable development. degradation potential zones project for watershed protection measures is not cost-effective economically. so this is a prerequisite for sub basin priori...

An integrative computational methodology is developed for the management of nonpoint source pollution from watersheds. The associated decision support system is based on an interface between evolutionary algorithms (EAs) and a comprehensive watershed simulation model, and is capable of identifying optimal or near-optimal land use patterns to satisfy objectives. Specifically, a genetic algorithm...

Watershed Best management Practices (BMPs) spatial optimal layout would be affected by uncertainty, and there are still three problems which worthy of studying in the present studies watershed BMPs under uncertainty: (1) how to integrate multiple uncertainties optimization model effectively; (2) avoid subjective weight multi-objective uncertainty model; (3) develop more elastic schemes for impa...