Integrated assessment of rural lands for sustainable development using MicroLEIS DSS in West Azerbaijan, Iran

Geoderma

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Shahbazi, Farzin ^a   Jafarzadeh, Ali Asghar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agro ecological land evaluation; Decision support tools; Land degradation; Semi arid region; Soil management; Soil protection; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; ARID REGIONS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND EVALUATION; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROTECTION; SOIL QUALITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND EVALUATION; LAND USE PLANNING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AZERBAIJAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78650608746     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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