land use management policy and method are two important factors in usage of land by human. in this regard, evaluation of environmental capability would serve as a valuable basis for the best use practice of soil and water resources in addition to the reduction in environment consequences of the projects. in the correct study, the environmental capability of birjand plain, located in the south k...

The ornamental and medicinal saffron with high economic value encompasses a great share of non-oil exports in Iran. As a result, identification of suitable areas for saffron cultivation in Ardabil province located in northwestern part of Iran necessitate effective planning for expanding cultivation and production of this product. Given the effect of various environmental factors on growth and y...

This study illustrates how remotely-sensed data and GIS can be utilized to allow planners to evaluate the relationship between land use, environmental protection policies, and resource availability. The case study examines St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana which has experienced tremendous population growth and land use change in the past two decades. To date, work has been completed on developing...

background: short golden time is important to save the injured in earthquake and to start search and rescue (sar) operation as soon as possible in affected regions. this study evaluated application of geographic information system (gis) for sar operation in rigan town, kerman province, which was hit by an earthquake of 6.3 richter scale on december 12, 2010 at 22:12. materials and methods: a gi...

ABSTRACT – Singapore is a city state island located off the southern tip of Malaysia Peninsula. Although Singapore is located in a low seismicity area with mild winds, it is a classic example of low seismic hazard and high exposure scenario. It is about 400 km away from a highly active earthquake belt comprising the Sumatra fault and the subduction zone. The response of a building to long-dista...

background: geographic differences in the incidence of cancers may suggest unique genetic or environmental exposures that impact the risk of acquiring cancer. this research aims to determine the incidence rate and geographical distribution of common cancers among iranian children. methods: in this ecological study, we extracted data that pertained to the incidence rate of common cancers among c...

the major problem in the assessment of relationships between rainfall and runoff occurs when a study is carried out in ungauged watersheds in the absence of hydro-climatic data. this study aims to evaluate the applicability of natural resources conservation service-curve number (nrcs-cn) method together with gis in estimating runoff depth in a mountainous watershed. the study was carried out in...

GIS technology is considered an exciting tool in the context of governmental planning systems for natural resource management in developing countries. However, despite rhetoric to the contrary, its impact has been of little value to national processes of development. The Indian government seems to be in the process of making long-term commitments to using GIS for natural resource management. Na...

Evaluation of diverse classification approaches for land use/cover mapping in a Mediterranean region utilizing Hyperion data Alata Elatawneh a b , Chariton Kalaitzidis b , George P. Petropoulos c & Thomas Schneider a a Institute of Forest Management, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85354, Freising, Germany b Department of Geoinformation in Environmental Management, Mediterranean Agronomic...