Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-713-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-713-2016
Research article
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29 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2016

Vegetation cover change detection and assessment in arid environment using multi-temporal remote sensing images and ecosystem management approach

Anwar Abdelrahman Aly, Abdulrasoul Mosa Al-Omran, Abdulazeam Shahwan Sallam, Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Wabel, and Mohammad Shayaa Al-Shayaa

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Cited articles

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The use of a holistic ecosystem approach for sustainable development of fragile ecosystem of Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, was found valuable. A comprehensive analysis of the ecosystem was carried out to determine the complex relationships between agronomic and social dimensions. The major ecosystem change detected by RS was the increase of vegetation cover area between years 1987 and 2000 by 107.4 %; however, it decreased by 27.5 % between 2000 and 2013.