Monitoring and modelling of forest changes in Gorgan area using Geomod
Subject Areas :
GIS
Somayeh Galdavi
1
,
Marjan Mohammadzadeh
2
,
rassoul Mahiny
3
,
Ali Najafi Nejad
4
1 - Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences (Land use Planning). Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Kashmar Higher Education Institute. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of fisheries and Environmental sciences, Gorgan University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources.
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of fisheries and Environmental sciences, Gorgan University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources.
4 - Associate Professor, Faculty of range land and watershed management, Gorgan University of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources.
Received: 2023-10-24
Accepted : 2023-11-23
Published : 2023-12-22
Keywords:
Geomod,
Gorgan,
Change modeling,
Iran,
forest areas,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Each year, a wide range of forests change to the other uses such as agricultural and residential lands. Forests in northern Iran are no exception, and this decrease has been seen nearly everywhere. Therefore, the research was conducted with the aim of forest changes modeling in Gorgan area using Geomod model.
Material and Methodology: In the present study, forest changes occurred in Gorgan area was detected during 20 years. Then, forest change modeling was performed using Geomod. To do this, land use maps for the study time period were prepared using satellite imagery. Then, change detection process was performed by post-classification comparison technique. The Geomod was run to simulate forest changes in this area.
Findings: Forest change detection and its modelling showed the reduction of forest area in the region. Also, modeling results were validated using kappa indices which resulted in more than 0.99 and indicated model capability in the depicted forest changes in this area. Then, the future condition of forest areas were predicted using the model.
Discussion and Conclusions: Results showed that forest areas have been decreased in this time period that development of residential areas and agricultural lands are the main reason for this. So, managerial and protectoral programs such as determining agricultural lands' boundaries, preventing their expansion, preventing rural expansion, and restricting accessible to forest areas were suggested.
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Hua, A. K. 2017. Application of ca-markov model and land use/land cover changes in Malacca river watershed, Malaysia. Applied ecology and environmental research. Vol 15. No 4:605-622.
Galdavi, S.; Mohammadzadeh, M., salman Mahiny, A. R. & Najafi Nejad, A. 2014. Forest change modeling using logistic regression in the period 1988-2007 and prediction of future condition in gorgan area. Geographic Space, 14(46), 51-70. (In Persian)
Abuelaish, B. & Camacho Olmedo, M. T. 2016. Scenario of land use and land cover change in the Gaza Strip using remote sensing and GIS models. Arab J Geosci. Vol 9: 1-14.
Eman A. A. & & Bharti, W. G. 2022. Modeling Land Use Change in Sana’a City of Yemen with MOLUSCE. Journal of Sensors. Vol 2022: 1-15.
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Nozari, F. Salehi, A. Armin, M. & Farzin, M. 2020. Prediction of forest cover changes for Boyer-Ahmad region using Geomod model. Journal of Forest Research and Development. Vol 6. No 3: 463-476.
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Rahimi, J. & Almodaresi, S. A. 2020. Investigation and Prediction of Land Use Change in Shahrekord City Using Land Change Model and GIS. Journal of Radar and Optical Remote Sensing. Vol 4: 72–86.
Serra, P., Pons, X. & Sauri, D. 2008. Land-cover and land-use change in a Mediterranean landscape: A spatial analysis of driving forces integrating biophysical and human factors. Applied Geography. Vol. 28: 189-209.
Pontius Jr, R. G. & Malanson, J. 2005. Comparison of the structure and accuracy of two land change models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.Vol. 19. No. 2: 243-265.
Cabral, P. & Zamyatin, A. 2006. Three land change models for urban dynamics analysis in Sintra-Cascais area. 1st Earsel workshop of the sig urban Remote Sensing Humboldt-universitst Zu Berlin, 2-3 March.
Pontius Jr, R. G. Cornell, J. D. & Hall, C. A. S. 2001. Modeling the spatial pattern of land- use change with GEOMOD2: Application and validation for CostaRica.Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 1775: 1-13.
Pickard, B., Gray, J. & Meentemeyer, R. 2017. Comparing Quantity, Allocation and Configuration Accuracy of Multiple Land Change Models. Land. Vol 6. No 52: 1-21.
Azizi, P., Soltani, A., Bagheri, F., Sharifi, Sh. & Mikaeili, M. 2022. An Integrated Modelling Approach to Urban Growth and Land Use/Cover Change. Land. Vol 11: 1-26.
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Pontius Jr, R. G. 2002. Statistical Methods to Partition Effects of Quantity and Location During Comparison of Categorical Maps at Multiple Resolutions. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 68. No. 10: 1041-1049.
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Poelmans, L. & Romoaey, A. V. 2009. Detection and modeling spatial patterns of urban sprawl in highly fragmented areas: A case study in the Flunders region. Landscape and Urban Planning. (93): 10-19.
Pontius Jr, R. G & Pacheco, P. 2004. Calibration and validation of model of forest disturbance in the western ghats, India 1920- 1990. Geo Journal. Vol. 61: 325-334.
Galdavi, S., Mohammadzadeh, M., Salman Mahini, A. & Najafi Nejad, A. 2013. Urban Change Detection Using Multi-Temporal Remotely Sensed imagery (Case study: Gorgan Area, Northern Iran). Environment & Urbanization ASIA. Vol 4: 339-348.
Andaryani, S., Sloan, S., Nourani, V. & Keshtkar, H. 2021. The utility of a hybrid GEOMOD-Markov Chain model of land-use change in the context of highly water-demanding agriculture in a semi-arid region. Ecological Informatics. Vol 64: 1-12.
Abdollahi, S. & Nasiri, V. 2021. Forest change Detecting and predicting in Gilan province using satellite images and geomed. Environmental research and technology. Vol 7. No 5: 141-151. (In Persian)
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