Investigating the Effects of Land Use Changes on Trend of Desertification Using Remote Sensing (Case Study: Abarkooh Plain, Yazd, Iran)

Subject Areas : Modeling

Mohammad Ali Hakimzadeh Ardakani ¹ , Fatemeh Cheshmberah ² , Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari ³

1 - Yazduni
2 - yazd uni
3 - yazduniversity

Received: 2016-07-19 Accepted : 2017-02-09 Published : 2017-10-01

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