Survey of land use developments in the central part of Rasht city in the last two decades (case study: Pirbazar rural district)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the land use changes in Pirbazar village during the last two decades. The research method is based on applied purpose and on the basis of descriptive-analytical nature and has been studied in both library and field methods. In library studies section of agricultural census information of Pirbazar district was obtained from functions of central part of Rasht city from provincial planning and budget organization. For the purpose of research, questionnaires were collected from local managers of Pirbazar district and analyzed by SPSS software. it placed. The sampling method in the present study was all census and sample size was 18 people. Landsat 7 and 8 satellite imagery data for 2000, 2010, 2017 were also used in GIS software. According to the findings,1127 hectares of agricultural land have been changed in Pirbazar district. Therefore, correlation coefficients of distance and accessibility to the city are higher and rural integration and integration (r = 0/69, P = 0.000) can be the most important. An influential factor was the pattern of land use changes in Pirbazar village. Also the results of satellite images of the last two decades showed that residential-commercial-industrial land use has changed by %7/15 and wasteland by %9/9 Land use decreased by %6/4 and land use by %9/20 reduction in area.