Modelling landscape ecological assessments of land use and cover change scenarios. Application to the Bojnourd Metropolitan Area (NE Iran)

A Darvishi, M Yousefi, J Marull - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics of Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) and their
socio-ecological consequences on the landscape is essential for understanding the …

Exploring biodiversity patterns at the landscape scale by linking landscape energy and land use/land cover heterogeneity

A Darvishi, M Yousefi, M Schirrmann, F Ewert - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural Biodiversity dynamics has been evaluated by social metabolism or by
landscape structure-function analysis. In this study, by using ELIA modeling, we used both …

Assessment of ecotourism potentiality based on GIS-based fuzzy logarithm methodology of additive weights (F-LMAW) method for sustainable natural resource …

CB Karakuş - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024 - Springer
Ecotourism, as a distinctive facet of tourism and a prospective sector for sustainable
development, plays a pivotal role in the preservation and sustainability of natural resources …

An energy-landscape integrated analysis to evaluate agroecological scarcity

M Yousefi, A Darvishi, R Padró, S Barghjelveh… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agrarian landscapes theoretically provide ecosystem services that meet the demands of a
wide range of socioecological processes. Consequently, any landscape agroecology …

Analysis of landscape composition and configuration based on LULC change modeling

M Yaghoobi, A Vafaeenejad, H Moradi, H Hashemi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land cover changes threaten biodiversity by impacting the natural habitats and require
careful and continuous assessment. The standard approach for assessing these changes is …

Modelling ecological scarcity considering the long-term interaction between human and nature in dry agricultural landscapes. Application in Qazvin (Iran)

A Darvishi, M Yousefi, J Marull, NM Dinan - Ecological Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) is a pervasive driver of today's global
socioecological crisis. In light of the LUCC in many agricultural landscapes worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of two biophysical indicators under different landscape complexity

M Yousefi, A Darvishi, E Tello, S Barghjelveh… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ecological Footprint (EF) and Energy-Landscape Integrated Analysis (ELIA)
estimate human societies' imprint on nature. Both methods aim to provide overviews …

Local ecological knowledge provides novel evidence on threats and declines for the Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve, Iran

S Ghanbari, ST Turvey - People and Nature, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, one of the most poorly known
species of grouse, is experiencing population declines associated with multiple threats …

Integration of radar and optical sentinel images for land use mapping in a complex landscape (case study: Arasbaran Protected Area)

V Nasiri, A Le Bris, AA Darvishsefat… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Considering the importance of accurate and up-to-date land use/cover (LULC) maps and in
a situation of fast LULC changes, an accurate mapping of complex landscapes requires real …

Spatial prioritization for Ecotourism through applying the Landscape Resilience Model

S Nematollahi, S Afghari, F Kienast, S Fakheran - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Given the growing universal demand for sustainable development in recent years,
ecotourism has become one of the top effectual actions that can be employed to reconcile …