Land use and land cover spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and predicting changes using integrated CA-Markov model

Analyzing the process of land use and cover changes during long periods of time and predicting the future changes is highly important and useful for the land use managers. In this study, the land use maps in the Ardabil plain in north-west part of Iran for four periods (1989, 1998, 2009 and 2013) ar...

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Main Authors: A. Azizi, B. Malakmohamadi, H. Jafari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GJESM Publisher 2016-05-01
Series:Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
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Online Access:http://www.gjesm.net/article_19162_510c01fba4c5fc43a65622dbce61cf33.pdf