ارزیابی و پیش‌بینی تغییرات کاربری اراضی حاشیه بابلرود

Understanding land use changes over time is one of the most important issues in environmental planning. By knowing the ratio of land use changes on the banks of Babolrud River, it is possible to predict the future changes and take appropriate measures to control and plan for the management of this river. In this research, land use changes in the around of Babulrud during a period of 43 years (1976 to 2019) were investigated using Landsat satellite data and using the land change modeler, Markov chain model and Multilayer perceptron method of artificial neural network, the changes for the year 2030, It was predicted. The results of this research showed that during this 43-year period, the area of forest-tree lands and riverine lands has decreased. Also, the prediction of the changes of Babolrud river for the year 2030 shows that 54 hectares of agricultural lands will be converted into the riverine lands, and on the other hand, 15 hectares of the Babolrud course will be converted into residential areas-roads land use.