Morteza Dehghani; Hosein Ghasemi; Arash Malekian
Abstract
Nowadays, watershed management practices are undertaken based on selective criteria and/or a specific purpose such as a decrease in flood risk, soil erosion and the like. In this respect,fuzzy logic has the ability to manage a wide range of options for decision making. This researchaimed to use the fuzzy ...
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Nowadays, watershed management practices are undertaken based on selective criteria and/or a specific purpose such as a decrease in flood risk, soil erosion and the like. In this respect,fuzzy logic has the ability to manage a wide range of options for decision making. This researchaimed to use the fuzzy logic theory to priorities watershed management practices consideringtime and budget constraints in catchments with high sediment production and flood risk. Thisresearch was carried out in the Foorg watershed of Darmian town with an area of 11137 ha. Allparameters related to soil erosion and flood risk were determined using the standard methods.Fuzzy score for each mentioned factor was then determined. Finally watershed managementpractices using the fuzzy theory and GIS were prioritized.