Quantitative analysis of changes in Urmia Lake basin from the past to the future with remote sensing and ecological change prediction model

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, Khatam Al-Anbia University of Technology, Behbahan,

Abstract

Challenges of water resources and surface changes of Lake Urmia and the society under its influence are serious concerns about the dangers and destruction of the environment of the basin. Paid. Therefore, in a recent study, using Landsat satellite images from 2000, 2010 and 2020, it has dealt with the trend of changes in the six major uses. And with the help of spatial and temporal analysis, the method of dispersal of territorial measures has traced the footprint of destruction and water needs and environmental degradation. Therefore, the results show that during the last 20 years, the area of man-made buildings has increased by 40%. Also, forests have experienced a reduction rate of only 5%. Therefore, water bodies have reduced their area by 15%, and finally the speed of these changes in the first period was much more severe than the period 2010 to 2020. In the second period, pastures and poor soil cover or pastures have undergone the most changes. This trend is mostly dependent on climate change.

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