This research focuses on the sharp expansion of groundwater irrigation in the Northern Beqaa, using Landsat satellite images and other auxiliary GIS relevant data sources. Topographic maps were used to assess the loca...This research focuses on the sharp expansion of groundwater irrigation in the Northern Beqaa, using Landsat satellite images and other auxiliary GIS relevant data sources. Topographic maps were used to assess the location and size of the irrigated area in the early 1960s as the initial years of agriculture expansion analysis. The first available Landsat image of the area was of the year 1972 followed with a series of accessible Landsat images until 2009. In the 1960s, agricultural practices were only limited to areas of surface water resources and open channels next to urban settlements. In the Early 1980s, farmers discovered the agricultural potential of the area. Only 3% of the area was cultivated before the 1970s. The cultivated area reached about the 20% in late 1990s. Weather conditions, shallowness of groundwater tables, low fuel costs and market opportunities have led to an agricultural boom in the area considered as prone to desertification and of low productivity by national authorities. The area is however poorly understood from its hydro geological characteristics and exposed to intensive and unsustainable use of its natural resources.展开更多
In this study fuzzy logic system was used for optimization parametric evaluation system in surface and trickle irrigations.This study was performed on a surface area of 5175 ha in fathali region located in Ardabil pro...In this study fuzzy logic system was used for optimization parametric evaluation system in surface and trickle irrigations.This study was performed on a surface area of 5175 ha in fathali region located in Ardabil province of Iran.It was indicated that for trickle and surface irrigation respectively an area of about 2941.35 ha(56.77%)and 159.81 ha(3%)of the lands is“highly suitable”and an area of about 246.43 ha(4.7%)and 312.69 ha(6%)is“moderately suitable”.About 797.1 ha(15.4%)and 2744.17 ha(53.02%)were respectively“marginally suitable”for trickle and surface irrigations.“Currently not suitable”suitability included about 737.58 ha(14.2%)and 1746.05 ha(33.7%)and“Permanently not suitable”suitability matched 458.54 ha(8.86%)and 212.28 ha(4.1%)in the zone under study.According to the results,there is a major difference between the“highly suitable”lands obtained through the two methods and the area of“highly suitable”lands in the trickle method is about 18 times of the area of“highly suitable”obtained through the surface irrigation method.As a result,considering the gradual changes of soil parameters,fuzzy evaluation leads to more accuracy compared to the parametric non fuzzy method.By and large,it can be said that fuzzy method,shows higher qualities about the suitability of lands for trickle irrigation.展开更多
基金part of the project entitled“Irrigation Water Managements in the Bekaa Valley,Lebanon”supported by Global Program Water Initiatives of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
文摘This research focuses on the sharp expansion of groundwater irrigation in the Northern Beqaa, using Landsat satellite images and other auxiliary GIS relevant data sources. Topographic maps were used to assess the location and size of the irrigated area in the early 1960s as the initial years of agriculture expansion analysis. The first available Landsat image of the area was of the year 1972 followed with a series of accessible Landsat images until 2009. In the 1960s, agricultural practices were only limited to areas of surface water resources and open channels next to urban settlements. In the Early 1980s, farmers discovered the agricultural potential of the area. Only 3% of the area was cultivated before the 1970s. The cultivated area reached about the 20% in late 1990s. Weather conditions, shallowness of groundwater tables, low fuel costs and market opportunities have led to an agricultural boom in the area considered as prone to desertification and of low productivity by national authorities. The area is however poorly understood from its hydro geological characteristics and exposed to intensive and unsustainable use of its natural resources.
文摘In this study fuzzy logic system was used for optimization parametric evaluation system in surface and trickle irrigations.This study was performed on a surface area of 5175 ha in fathali region located in Ardabil province of Iran.It was indicated that for trickle and surface irrigation respectively an area of about 2941.35 ha(56.77%)and 159.81 ha(3%)of the lands is“highly suitable”and an area of about 246.43 ha(4.7%)and 312.69 ha(6%)is“moderately suitable”.About 797.1 ha(15.4%)and 2744.17 ha(53.02%)were respectively“marginally suitable”for trickle and surface irrigations.“Currently not suitable”suitability included about 737.58 ha(14.2%)and 1746.05 ha(33.7%)and“Permanently not suitable”suitability matched 458.54 ha(8.86%)and 212.28 ha(4.1%)in the zone under study.According to the results,there is a major difference between the“highly suitable”lands obtained through the two methods and the area of“highly suitable”lands in the trickle method is about 18 times of the area of“highly suitable”obtained through the surface irrigation method.As a result,considering the gradual changes of soil parameters,fuzzy evaluation leads to more accuracy compared to the parametric non fuzzy method.By and large,it can be said that fuzzy method,shows higher qualities about the suitability of lands for trickle irrigation.
