RT - Journal Article T1 - Determination of Babolrood basin Capability for Various Land Uses Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods JF - jwmr YR - 2015 JO - jwmr VO - 6 IS - 11 UR - http://jwmr.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-502-en.html SP - 171 EP - 181 K1 - Ecological Capability K1 - Land use Planning K1 - AHP K1 - GIS K1 - Babolrood AB - Determination of land capability for optimal use of land to prevent land degradation and improper use of lands is an effective step towards sustainable development strategy. Regarding the importance of subject, in this study in first ecological potential for usual land uses in Iran (forestry, ecotourism, agriculture, range management, residential areas development and conservation) in Babolrood basin was evaluated using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS). Then land uses were ranked using MOLA technique and land use planning map of study area was created. The results showed that 59.49 percent of the area was allocated to forestry and 21.82, 17.73, 0.05, 0.106 and 0.804 percent of the area were allocated to ecotourism, agriculture, range management, residential areas development and conservation respectively . LA eng UL http://jwmr.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-502-en.html M3 ER -