The Use of Remote Sensing and Detecting Changes in the Evaluation of Vegetation (Case Study: Maleh Galle (Mleh Galle) Protected Area)

Subject Areas : landuse

Gholam Reza Sabzghabaei ¹ , Mohammad Javad Ehsandoost ² , Seyedeh Soolmaz Dashti ³ , Atefeh Mir ⁴ , Fariba Hedayatzadeh ⁵

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
2 - M.Sc. of Environmental Pollution, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. *(CorrespondingAuthor)
4 - Educator of Department of Environment, College of Environment, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran.
5 - M.Sc. of Environmental Pollution, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.

Received: 2016-08-13 Accepted : 2017-01-04 Published : 2022-12-22

Keywords: land use change, Remote sensing, Vegetation Index, Maleh Galle, Forest Cover,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Remote sensing techniques due to their specific features in providing rapid and inexpensive basic information is very important. Remote sensing is used these days in the important issues like making maps of the regions and the right decision making. The aim of this study was to changes detection in vegetation of Maleh Galle protected area. Material and Methodology: In this study, satellite images of Landsat 7 ETM+, 2000 and 2010 were used and the vegetation changes using TerrSet software were considered regardless of the gardens and agricultural lands of the of, Maleh Galle protected area. In this study, after the preparation of Landsat ETM+ images for years 2000 and 2010 and necessary geometric corrections on them, for extract the parameters of vegetation cover, the original map was derived from processing images. Then, taking into account the classified land use map and map of NDVI index and keeping in mind the maximum likelihood parameter, ground truth map was prepared for the two years 2000 and 2010. Finally with two images difference method, the rate and the changes relation to each other investigated.     Findings: The quantity changes between the years of 2000 and 2010 were examined and it was found that within 10 years, the level of protective vegetation cover has been increased from 5278/5 hectares to 2521/25 hectares. With the Difference method between final maps, it was found that the density of vegetation area has been reduced to 181/17 hectares. 3417/48 hectares of Vegetation area remained unchanged and 21739/59 hectares of vegetation area has been grown. Discussion and Conclusion: Results showed that satellite images equipped with Landsat ETM+ has sufficient capabilities to extract vegetation cover, particularly vegetation of forest areas. In this nearly ten-year period, when the area was included in the list of protected areas in Iran, by 2010, the protected vegetation of region has been increased.                         

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