Study of land use variation using remote sensing and GIS (Case study: Baba Vali Sihahkal Basin)

In the present study, land use changes in Babavali Basin watershed have been evaluated over a 13- years period. For this research, 2000 Landsat 7 satellite ETM + images and Landsat 8 satellite imagery have been used. After performing the required actions in the preprocessing stage, the maximum probability of the images is classified. The land use map of the region was obtained in 2000 and 2013 the validation results with ground realities and field visits indicate the total accuracy is equal to 0.89 and 0.88. The Kappa coefficient is equal 0.88 and 0.88 in the ETM + images of 2000. Therefore the Landsat 8 of 2013 was acceptable.