Population growth, development of residential areas, as well as man-made land use, are causing landcover change. Shorelines are more sensitive to landcover change. Therefore, the current study aims to evaluate the trend of landcover changes in the southeast of Bushehr province from Asaloyeh city to Shirino village. The study used Landsat satellite images from the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2019 and the LCM model to assess the trend of landcover change. The procedure is that first the landcover maps are prepared and then the process of land use change changes, changes in other landcovers to man-made areas and also the coastline change process is evaluated. The assessment of the change indicates that the use of man-made areas has had significant changes in a period from 1990 to 2019 under the influence of the development of economic activities and in parallel with the development of residential areas, refineries, as well as other facilities related to the Gas Company. Depending on the location of the study area and the type of anthropogenic, man-made use (refineries and other facilities and infrastructure related to the gas company), land-use changes mostly direct to coastline. Therefore, 11.2 km2 of the sea has been changed to an arid area during a 29-year period. Besides, the development of economic activities and job creation, residential areas in Assaluyeh and Nakhl have experienced significant growth, and this development has further changed the use of sandy lands to the construction of man-made areas.
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