ECOLOGICAL LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR FORESTRY IN 2000 AND 3000 WATERSHEDS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN USING GIS

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AMIRI M.J.; JALALI S.GH.A.; SALMAN MAHINI A.; HOSSEINI SEYED MOHSEN; AZARI DEHKORDI FOROUD

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Journal: Journal of Environmental Studies Year:2009 | Volume:35 | Issue:50 Page(s): 33-44

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ECOLOGICAL LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR FORESTRY IN 2000 AND 3000 WATERSHEDS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN USING GIS

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ECOLOGICAL CAPABILITY EVALUATIONQ2

FORESTRY LAND USEQ3

BOOLEAN LOGICQ2

SITE CAPABILITYQ3

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMQ2

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Capability of land for various land uses is limited. Based on this fact, capability assessment and allocation of land uses with regards to the ecological potential is considered a preventive first step towards environmental protection. Many of the GIS uses in land capability studies in Iran have thus far been limited to mapping influential resources rather than analyzing maps and arriving at combinatorial solutions. Of course a good data base has the potential to lead the analysis to acceptable results. However, there is a need for modeling which bridges the space between data bases and decision making through generating links between the inputs, user defined ideals and criteria and the outputs.In the present study, ecological capability of forested watersheds as management units has been considered. Watersheds 2000 and 3000 in Mazandaran Province and south of the Tonekabon town in the north of Iran were investigated as the case studies. The surface area of the watersheds is 77443 hectares which are located in 50 29 57 to 50 58 43 eastern longitudes and 36 19 22 to 36 45 25 northern latitudes (Fig. 1). Around 42% of the area of the watersheds equal to 32526 hectares is covered with hyrcanian forests. Seven forestry word models have been produced for Iran showing forestry capability of the land for the country (Makhdoum, 1999). The models show the suitability for forestry in decreasing order and include many environmental parameters. These variables are slope, aspect, elevation, rainfall, temperature, humidity, lithology, pedology, soil texture, soil pH, gravel percentage of the soil, soil depth, soil erosion, soil development state and productivity, soil drainage, tree density, productivity and growth and commercial value of the species, and sensitivity of especial sites. These parameters were prepared as digital raster layers and included in the data base to be analyzed using the word models.

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AMIRI, M.J., JALALI, S.GH.A., SALMAN MAHINI, A., HOSSEINI, SEYED MOHSEN, & AZARI DEHKORDI, FOROUD. (2009). ECOLOGICAL LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR FORESTRY IN 2000 AND 3000 WATERSHEDS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN USING GIS. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 35(50), 33-44. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/3097/en

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AMIRI M.J., JALALI S.GH.A., SALMAN MAHINI A., HOSSEINI SEYED MOHSEN, AZARI DEHKORDI FOROUD. ECOLOGICAL LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR FORESTRY IN 2000 AND 3000 WATERSHEDS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN USING GIS. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES[Internet]. 2009;35(50):33-44. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/3097/en

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M.J. AMIRI, S.GH.A. JALALI, A. SALMAN MAHINI, SEYED MOHSEN HOSSEINI, and FOROUD AZARI DEHKORDI, “ECOLOGICAL LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR FORESTRY IN 2000 AND 3000 WATERSHEDS IN THE NORTH OF IRAN USING GIS,” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, vol. 35, no. 50, pp. 33–44, 2009, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/3097/en

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