Abstract:One of the growing areas in the west of Iran is Sanandaj city, the center of
Kordestan province, which requires the investigation of the city's growth
and the estimation of land degradation. Today, the combination of remote
sensing data and spatial models is a useful tool for monitoring and modeling
land use and land cover (LULC) changes. In this study, LULC changes and the
impact of Sanandaj city growth on land degradation in geographical
directions during the period 1989 to 2019 were in… Show more
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