this study used quantifying factors affecting desertification based on the iranian model of desertification potentialassessment (imdpa) to assess the current status of desertification in bordekhun region, iran. bordekhun region has anarea of 214.11 km2 and is located near the city of daiyer in boushehr province. first, a working unit map of the regionwas selected as the basic map for evaluation...

desertification refers to land degradation phenomenon in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, resulting from various factors including climate variation and human activities. for evaluation and mapping of desertification many research have been conducted leading to regional and local models. in this research, among different existing methods imdpa was selected and desertification intensity ...

desertification is recognized as a serious environmental threat in iran because of its climatic-geomorphologicconditions. desertification and land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid regions, is a globalenvironmental problem. accurate assessment of the status and trend of desertification is instrumental in developingglobal strategies to prevent and reverse this problem. the goal o...

Desertification process as a great problem affects most of the countries in the world specially developing countries. This process has a high rate in arid and semi-arid countries such as Iran. The main objective of this research was to investigate land degradation status and desertification mapping of Kashan area. Different studies have been carried out in the world in order to assess desertifi...

there have been different indices identified for desertification. among these is technogenic desertification index which seems much more efficient. in this study, some of technogenic desertification indices were studied and evaluated. first land use maps of the region were taken from irs-pan satellite image and aerial photos analysis. after evaluating the area of different uses, lands that had ...

desertification is a major problem in many countries. international efforts have been considered to combat and prevent this phenomenon. the most important cases of these measures are the united nations convention to combat desertification. in this study, imdpa model and gis were used to assess desertification phenomena in kashan plain. some indices of climate and water criteria were selected to...