this research was carried out based on systematic analysis approach for evaluation of ecological resources capability of kasilian representative catchment for agricultural land use. the study area is located in southern of mazandaran province. in this study we used topography digital data, paper maps, climatology data, satellite images and gis, database and spreadsheet software. the process of ...

rangelands are among the natural resources which have a considerable effect on environment and man’s life. iranian rangelands mostly have poor condition and exhausted by intensive over grazing, should be utilized according to their ecological capability and land suitability. the main objective of this study is to evaluate ecological capability and land suitability of gheshlagh dam’s watershed a...

necessity of consideration future and delineating the characteristics of future development, leads trends to the fields of planning, rational utilization of resources and potential of areas. assessment of ecological capability, as the core of environmental studies at the prevention of possible crisis, provides an appropriate context for environmental planning. the ability of gis in managing and...

in this research, first was identified suitable regions (considering ecological indexes) for intensive and extensive outdoor recreation and their various degrees using the usual tourism ecological model and applying gis. results showed that 297.223 hectares of park area have class 1 of extensive outdoor recreation potential, 86.465223 hectares class 2 of extensive outdoor recreation potential, ...

in order to determine optimum landuses (in accordance with natural capability) and improve the current land management, landuse planning process was applied by using gis. within the framework of system analysis approach basic ecological and socio-economic , data were mapped. the mapped data were digitized and imported to idrisi and arc/info to build a database ,along with other descriptive data...

introduction urban planning is the process of influencing, controlling or directing changes in the use of land overtime and space in an urban area. therefore, it involves plan formulationand development control. to achieve this, concept of sustainable development must be addressed to remedy social inequities and environmental damage, while maintaining a sound economic base. the sustainable deve...