Land use planning in Ahar area (Iran) using MicroLEIS DSS

International Agrophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-286

  Shahbazil, F ^a,b   De la Rosa, D ^a   Anaya Romero, M ^a   Jafarzadeh, A ^b   Sarmadian, F ^c   Neyshaboury, M ^b   Oustan, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision support tools; MicroLEIS DSS; SDBm plus; Semi arid; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PLANNING METHOD; SOFTWARE; SOIL PROFILE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AHAR; ASIA; EAST AZERBAIJAN; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WEST AZERBAIJAN;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 56549100674     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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