Quantitative assessment of desertification in south of Iran using MEDALUS method

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 243-254

  Sepehr, A ^a   Hassanli, A M ^a   Ekhtesasi, M R ^b   Jamali, J B ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Veter Organ Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desertification assessment; Desertification mapping; GIS; MEDALUS

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; IRAN; MANAGEMENT; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT; SUB-INDICATOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; GRAZING; IRAN; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 35848962468     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9613-6     Document Type: Article

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