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        1 - Monitoring and determination of the urban green coverage threshold based on Landsat data, Case study: Zones 1 and 6 from Shiraz city
        hadi abdolazimi Hosein Roosta
        Changing the use of urban green cover over time can create various environmental hazards for the citizens of a city. Due to the importance of the subject, the present study intends to investigate the temporal and spatial changes of green cover in areas 1 and 6 of Shiraz More
        Changing the use of urban green cover over time can create various environmental hazards for the citizens of a city. Due to the importance of the subject, the present study intends to investigate the temporal and spatial changes of green cover in areas 1 and 6 of Shiraz metropolis using Landsat satellite images during five decades (1972 to 2019). For this purpose, after performing radiometric and atmospheric corrections, maps resulting from plant indices including NDVI, SAVI, OSAVI as well as the maximum likelihood algorithm were prepared in ENVI5 software and classified and evaluated in Spatial Information System (GIS). The results of this study showed that the area of the green cover in region 1 has decreased in terms of hectares in NDVI, SAVI, OSAVI indices respectively and also in the maximum likelihood algorithm has decreased from 1394 to 428, from 789 to 421, from 815 to 419, from 1402 to 439, respectively and in region 6 was decreased from 1374 to 858 (NDVI), from 1160 to 862 (SAVI), from 1149 to 884 hectares (OSAVI) and in the algorithm, the maximum likelihood of similarity has decreased from 1393 to 855 hectares. Investigation of threshold values of plant indices to identify urban green cover showed that the range of threshold values in NDVI was variable from 0.2 to 0.3, in SAVI was variable from 0.44 to 0.47 and in OSAVI was variable from 0.34 to 0.36 and using Pearson test in SPSS software, correlation coefficient values between NDVI, SAVI, OSAVI, maximum likelihood algorithm and the studied years were significant at the 1% level. The results of this test also indicated that there was no significant difference between the results of these methods in this study. This reduction of green cover is considered a serious danger for the citizens of Shiraz. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Evaluation of Land Use Change Using Remote Sensing Data (Case study: Nukabad watershed, Khash city)
        Hossein Piri Sahragard Mohammad reza  dahmardeh Mansour  Rigi
        Identifying and reviewing land use change can help managers and planners to identify the factors affecting the change of user and the adoption of appropriate management decisions at different levels. The present study was carried out with the aim of studying land use ch More
        Identifying and reviewing land use change can help managers and planners to identify the factors affecting the change of user and the adoption of appropriate management decisions at different levels. The present study was carried out with the aim of studying land use change and land use classes using remote sensing method in Noukabad watershed in Khash city, Sistan and Baluchestan province. For this purpose, after determining the boundary of the study area, using maps 1:50000, associated temporal data were obtained from the Landsat Satellite of the American Geological Survey. After geometric, radiometric and atmospheric correction, land use classification based on satellite images for study periods (1994-2000-2005-2010-2016 years) were determined. The accuracy of the production maps was determined using the general accuracy and kappa coefficient. After the application of the land use map in the ArcGIS software environment, the comparison of land use changes between the studied periods (each statistical period with the previous statistical period) was performed. Based on the results, overall classification accuracy of user-generated maps for the years 1994 (97.45%), 2000 (97.21%), 2005 (98.04%), 2010 (97.09%) and 2016 (97.06%) were rated as relatively good. The results of land use change trend showed that the most changes were in mountainous rangelands and the least changes were related to rivers, and in the meanwhile, agricultural lands and residential areas had moderate changes, which the main reason of these changes can be considered climate change and human intervention. These results indicate that the correct recognition of land use changes is caused, Managers identify the strengths and weaknesses of their executive plans and take steps to resolve them. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Assessment of Spatial and temporal changes in land use using remote sensing (case study: Jayransoo rangeland, North Khorasan)
        Mohabat Nadaf Reza Omidipour Hossein  Sobhani
        <p>Awareness of changes process, as well as the proper management of land use in natural ecosystems, is of great importance in conservation natural resources. In this regard, the use of remote sensing has become a common approach due to the provision an extent spatial a More
        <p>Awareness of changes process, as well as the proper management of land use in natural ecosystems, is of great importance in conservation natural resources. In this regard, the use of remote sensing has become a common approach due to the provision an extent spatial and temporal information. In this research, in order to land use mapping, first, the accuracy of three common methods of pixel-based (maximum likelihood), machine learning (support vector machine) and object-oriented methods were compared. Then, the spatial and temporal changes of land use in a period of 26 years (1997-2023) assessed using six Landsat satellite imagery. The accuracy of image classification methods was evaluated using Kappa coefficient and overall accuracy indices and the change trend was evaluated using crosstab and spatial evaluation methods. Based on the results, the support vector machine method had the highest kappa coefficient (0.71 to 0.98) and overall accuracy (86 to 99%) for all studied courses. According to the results, poor rangeland had a decreasing trend, and the land uses of very poor rangeland, bare soil, and rainfed agriculture had increasing trends. The area of poor rangeland decreased from 962 hectares (44.36%) in 1997 to 489 hectares (22.57%) in 2023, while very poor rangeland increased from 1138 hectares (52.48%) to 1606 hectares (74.05 percent) in the same period. The results of this research indicated that the trend of land use changes in Jayransoo rangeland is towards the destruction of rangelands and with the passage of time this trend is intensifying. Also, based on the results obtained from this research, it is suggested to use machine learning based classification method to prepare land use mapping in future research.</p> Manuscript profile