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Dealing with Land Degradation: Application of Agent Based Modeling
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, Jun 2017, Volume 2017, p.1 - 3
Abstract
Today, land degradation is an important subject which has generated much concern in the world because of its adverse impact on agronomic productivity, the environment, and its effect on food security and the quality of life. In the last decades, it has become one of the most important ecological issues at the global level. It often occurs due to climate changes, soil deterioration and land use/ land cover change. The objective of this work is to propose a practical approach using agent based modeling to the farmers or land owners to protect the land from more degradation. We first identified the most important drivers of land use change in the study area and then briefly described the method to run the model and make the scenarios for better management of lands.