Abstract:Land serves as a vital production resource, and therefore, land planning plays an important role in sustainable land-use design.Increasing the global population alters landscapes via land-use and land-cover change across different landscapes, including the drylands. Iran includes large areas of dryland, where the population increased by 60% from 1985 to 2016. Further population increase in Iran would require more land resources to be allocated for human needs. However, the pace and patterns of these changes re… Show more
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