Ecological potential of agriculture and range management area for the purpose of land use planning Mahneshan

Subject Areas : RANGLAND MANAGMENT

saeed kamyabi ¹ (Department Geography, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University. Semnan, Iran)
Esmail khoshlagha ² (M.Sc of land use, Department Geography, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University. Semnan, Iran)

Received: 2016-05-04 Accepted : 2017-03-01 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: GIS, land use, Land use planning, Ecological potential, Mahneshan,

Abstract :

Trying to achieve a national land use planning and productivity is a principle and in proportion of environmental features and natural resource data, this process development is important. The sustainable development is a comprehensive concept which is involved in all aspects of human life. And the implementation of sustainable development models requires extensive changes in both national and international policies. In some part our country the utilization of land is not based on ecological zone. Specially in agricultural land so the aim of this paper is to show the comparison of existing land use and watershed ecological zone in Mahneshan in Zanjan province. Therefore, to analyze the possibilities and of natural basin by creating a database of geographic. Date extracted from the report of basic studies and classification in order to show the location of the ecological resources and entered to a Geographic Information System (GIS). The existing land use map derived with the help of satellite images. Then, by overlaying different layers, homogeneous units (e.g. homogeneous Polygon) we produced the reviewing and results data base, with considering the region and planning objectivese and ecological assessment. In order to obtain the models that applied on homogeneous polygon. Finally, maps are prepared voided and extraction based on planning and suggestions. This report has been investigated and classified to determine the best type of land use, land suitability homogeneous entity in the current status and future, concerning the climate conditions and giving priority to agriculture land (dry land and irrigated agriculture), rangeland and forestry as well.

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