Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression
Reducing forest covered areas and changing it to pasture, agricultural, urban and rural areas is performed every year and this causes great damages in natural resources in a wide range. In order to identify the effective factors on reducing the forest cover area, multiple regression was used from 1...
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Reducing forest covered areas and changing it to pasture, agricultural, urban and rural areas is performed every year and this causes great damages in natural resources in a wide range. In order to identify the effective factors on reducing the forest cover area, multiple regression was used from 1995 to 2015 in Mazandaran forests. A Multiple regressions can link the decline in forest cover (dependent variable) and its effective factors (independent variable) are well explained. In this study, Landsat TM data of 1995 and Landsat ETM+ data of 2015 were analyzed and classified in order to investigate the changes in the forest area. The images were classified in two classes of forest and non-forest areas and also forest map with spatial variables of physiography and human were analyzed by regression equation. Detection satellite images showed that during the studied period there was found a reduction of forest areas up to approximately 257331 ha. The results of regression analysis indicated that the linear combination of income per capita, rain and temperature with determined coefficient 0.4 as independent variables were capable of estimating the reduction of forest area. The results of this study can be used as an efficient tool to manage and improve forests regarding physiographical and human characteristics.
Keywords: Land change Modeler, Multiple linear regression, remote sensing, Mazandaran forests
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb04d539364e4ab0a247b6b8ee68ca322024-04-02T19:51:34ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992018-09-0122810.4314/jasem.v22i8.20Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regressionK JahanifarH AmirnejadM MojaverianH Azadi Reducing forest covered areas and changing it to pasture, agricultural, urban and rural areas is performed every year and this causes great damages in natural resources in a wide range. In order to identify the effective factors on reducing the forest cover area, multiple regression was used from 1995 to 2015 in Mazandaran forests. A Multiple regressions can link the decline in forest cover (dependent variable) and its effective factors (independent variable) are well explained. In this study, Landsat TM data of 1995 and Landsat ETM+ data of 2015 were analyzed and classified in order to investigate the changes in the forest area. The images were classified in two classes of forest and non-forest areas and also forest map with spatial variables of physiography and human were analyzed by regression equation. Detection satellite images showed that during the studied period there was found a reduction of forest areas up to approximately 257331 ha. The results of regression analysis indicated that the linear combination of income per capita, rain and temperature with determined coefficient 0.4 as independent variables were capable of estimating the reduction of forest area. The results of this study can be used as an efficient tool to manage and improve forests regarding physiographical and human characteristics. Keywords: Land change Modeler, Multiple linear regression, remote sensing, Mazandaran forests https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/177430Land change ModelerMultiple linear regressionremote sensingMazandaran forests |
| spellingShingle | K Jahanifar H Amirnejad M Mojaverian H Azadi Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Land change Modeler Multiple linear regression remote sensing Mazandaran forests |
| title | Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| title_full | Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| title_fullStr | Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| title_short | Land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes: application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| title_sort | land change detection and effective factors on forest land use changes application of land change modeler and multiple linear regression |
| topic | Land change Modeler Multiple linear regression remote sensing Mazandaran forests |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/177430 |
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