Use of Modern Techniques for the Study of the Geographical Distribution of Farmlands in Northwestern Syria
Keywords:
Northwest Syria, Geographical distribution, Modern Technologies, Satellite Images, Urban Sprawl, Land Uses, Land Cover, Spatial OrganizationAbstract
The success of agricultural activity is determined by many natural and human factors and ingredients, some of which affect the quantity and quality of production, such as the use of fertilizers and pesticides and the use of modern technology. Others are indispensable and can not be produced without them such as the availability of arable land, This research deals with the study of the geographical distribution of agricultural lands in northwestern Syria as one of the most important components of agricultural production, and it also Preparing a database for its geographical distribution in all administrative regions in the study area, and determines the role of urban sprawl in the decline of the area of agricultural land in each of them.
Modern technologies were relied upon in preparing this research, represented by the computer program (ArcMap 10.8), and satellite images captured in the years (2011, 2016, and 2021). After that, carrying out the process of controlled classification and extraction of the area of agricultural land and the area of urban areas, and the research shows the role of urban expansion in the decline of the area of agricultural land.
