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Attaining The Appropriate Simulation Program Towards Better Environmental Decisions, Adeeb Sidani, Osama Omar Oct 2020

Attaining The Appropriate Simulation Program Towards Better Environmental Decisions, Adeeb Sidani, Osama Omar

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Global Warming is one of the greatest environmental threats of the 21st century. Many parties around the world like governments, corporations, and researchers, etc. are working hard to find solutions. Architectural education is concerned with global warming issues, and trying to achieve reliable design related solutions for a sustainable environment. Majority of the students use simulation programs to determine with accuracy some variables that can support designers to take decisions about the best strategies to apply for any type of building. These simulation programs are usually selected based on their straightforward and user-friendly interface. The most common programs among architecture …

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Merging Education And Industry For Leading A Creative Urban Recognition Inmiddle Eastern Developing Countries, Adeeb Sidani, Ashraf Mansour Oct 2020

Merging Education And Industry For Leading A Creative Urban Recognition Inmiddle Eastern Developing Countries, Adeeb Sidani, Ashraf Mansour

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Despite the drifts towards globalization, regions and cities are emerging as the main arenas for international competitiveness. Cities are turning out to be as communities of knowledge, innovation, and creativity, yet becoming more complex, dynamic, diverse, and intangible. In this context, new strategies and approaches must be considered. Proposing a science park bridges the gap between education, research and industries. It could develop a creative urban regeneration processes, educational development and economic growth. Initiating the project with a sustainable approach will increase knowledge and develop innovated solutions in common areas as water management, alternative forms of energy, oil and gas …

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Architectural Education Relation To Architectural Practice, Ahmed El Wafa, Fadwa Khedr Oct 2020

Architectural Education Relation To Architectural Practice, Ahmed El Wafa, Fadwa Khedr

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Now day's architectural education is criticized, “Architectural pedagogy has become stale”. Architectural education did not change over the last 20 years; this is considered to be one of the biggest weaknesses. School of architecture now a days suffer to meet the transforming architectural practice, more over students are not educated to meet the market demand. The gap between the architectural education and the architectural practice is increasing each day due to the rapid change in technologies and market demand, more over architectural school still has traditional design studio, where students do not practice architecture. This paper aims to prove that …

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Rethinking The Epistemology And Learning Process In Contemporary Designstudio - A Constructionist Approach, Hally El Kony, Ghada El Kony, Magdy Mousa Oct 2020

Rethinking The Epistemology And Learning Process In Contemporary Designstudio - A Constructionist Approach, Hally El Kony, Ghada El Kony, Magdy Mousa

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

The paper examines the epistemology and learning process in the contemporary design studio. It provides a particular focus on the learners' engagement level and their ability to integrate their acquired knowledge in a systemic approach that enables them to create innovative yet authentic settings and products. In this context, the authors investigate the impacts of two aspects on the design process, the design outcome and the overall learning quality. These aspects are narrowed down to :1- the learning environment and theories as implemented in design studios, and 2- the perceptual behavior and its related variables as integrated in the design …

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Enhancing Architecture Education With The Use Of Technology, Rania Basheer, Fatima Kazimi Oct 2020

Enhancing Architecture Education With The Use Of Technology, Rania Basheer, Fatima Kazimi

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

This paper presents effective ideas for using technology in design studio courses. These courses are based on some small well defined projects during the semester, in each of these projects students will pass through design process contain some clear steps. The attempt of this paper is to integrate technological methods in each stage of the design process. The paper first will outlines (agree on) five main stages in design process starting from research stage until the final jury presentation and then comes the faculties’ summative assessment. In each step technological modern methods are introduced. E-learning-podcasting, social media, smart boards, virtual …

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Using Mobile Augmented Reality Technologies In Architectural Education, Mohamed Elsayed, Yasser Aref, Safaa Abdou, Hussam Saleh Oct 2020

Using Mobile Augmented Reality Technologies In Architectural Education, Mohamed Elsayed, Yasser Aref, Safaa Abdou, Hussam Saleh

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Effective applied research is based on close collaboration between research and industry. The teaching and learning methods used for decades in Architectural learning process should be reviewed taking into account habits of learning and the existing challenges provided by contemporary information technologies for a new generation of students. This paper introduces a pilot study based on using Augmented Reality (AR) as a new tool in architectural learning process. AR is an emerging technology which enables participants to interact with digital information embedded within the physical environment. Egyptian educational architectural institutions today are largely unaware of new concepts such as Augmented …

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Mixed Reality Framework For Architectural Design Education, Eslam Elsamahy Oct 2020

Mixed Reality Framework For Architectural Design Education, Eslam Elsamahy

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

This study introduces a framework to build a new concept of architectural education based on the idea of Mixed Reality (MR) as a technique of merging real and virtual learning environment, studying its impact on the education curricular contents and the course outline especially in design studio courses to provide new possibilities for innovation design. the study aims to achieve strategies to design a model for architectural design education with the focus on the concept of design studio’s evolution through the analysis of its basic components, between Mind (Think of the human factor), Reality (spatial factor for the design process), …

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Visualizing Music Compositions In Architectural Conceptual Design, Mary Felix, Eslam Elsamahy Oct 2020

Visualizing Music Compositions In Architectural Conceptual Design, Mary Felix, Eslam Elsamahy

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

The relationship between music and architecture goes back to the early history when Vitruvius conceived Architecture as “one of the most inclusive and universal human activities” where the architect should be educated in all the arts, having a vast knowledge in history, music and philosophy. Architecture and music are based on creativity and design principles such as rhythm, proportion, harmony, unity, repetition and others. They share art relationship through performance and visual techniques to create alternative innovative design proposals. The study aims to achieve a new conceptual design-thinking module in architectural education by focusing on the principles and factors of …

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Parallel Learning Methods: Standard Curriculum Versus Intensive Courses, Nabil Mohareb Oct 2020

Parallel Learning Methods: Standard Curriculum Versus Intensive Courses, Nabil Mohareb

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Due to the rapid change in technology and emergence of new theories and their professional applications, there is a rise in demand for relying more on compact and intensive courses with shorter durations and more direct applications, rather than the traditional courses with their long periods of time, which might vary from 14 to 16 weeks of study. Although they are already in existence, this paper aims to demonstrate the need to use more compact courses within the architecture curriculum, particularly simulating tools that either measure the current performance of a design or forecast its degree of success in order …

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Architectural Education Environments: Where Teaching Ends And Learning Begins, Rana Elbakly, Mohamed Ibrahim Oct 2020

Architectural Education Environments: Where Teaching Ends And Learning Begins, Rana Elbakly, Mohamed Ibrahim

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Architecture is a fast changing domain. Nevertheless, architectural education in Egypt can often not keep pace with those fast changes. Namely, graduate students start to realize that there are practical experiences like dealing with clients, working in large teams and acquiring knowledge related to architectural software independently which they do not obtain in undergraduate years, but wish that they did! This raises the question of how far should the architecture educational process change from Teaching to Learning ?As a matter of fact, the educational process at any architectural department is defined to a very high extent by the physical attributes …

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Impact Of 3d Simulation Modeling On Architectural Design Education, Osama Omar, Rania El Messeidy, Maged Youssef Oct 2020

Impact Of 3d Simulation Modeling On Architectural Design Education, Osama Omar, Rania El Messeidy, Maged Youssef

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Throughout the last few decades, architectural design education has witnessed several changes. One of these changes was using 3D Simulation modeling technology into design process. With the rise of environmental approach in design, new 3D simulation applications started to invade studios and laboratories of design. These applications proved an obvious efficiency for the architectural form concerning thermal adaptation, ideal lighting, and most appropriate ventilation. Lately, Arabic countries imported this technology into its schools of architecture, but unfortunately students faced obstacles in applying it in their design projects. Although there are certain courses, such as; 'Environmental Design', 'Indoor Environmental Control', and …

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Navigating Through ‘Layers’ As A Pedagogical Approach In Architectural Teaching, Christakis Chatzichristou Oct 2020

Navigating Through ‘Layers’ As A Pedagogical Approach In Architectural Teaching, Christakis Chatzichristou

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

The pedagogical approach presented here looks at the benefits of teaching design by encouraging the creation of layers and layers of ‘presented’, as opposed to ‘represented’, material, the navigation through which can prove to be a quite creative process. For the longest time architecture has been using a rather narrow set of media; the sketch, the diagram, the orthogonal and perspectival views, and the model were the main means through which the student of architecture followed a rather linear design process which led from concept to an architectural proposal. And while acknowledging that the use of the computer clearly offers …

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Problems Of Design Juries In Schools Of Architecture, Lamis Kanso, Maged Alyyoussef Oct 2020

Problems Of Design Juries In Schools Of Architecture, Lamis Kanso, Maged Alyyoussef

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Throughout the last few decades, the architectural design education has passed many phases of critique and evaluation development. The process of critique continues in the different stages of design, starting from choosing the site, until the final submission. The jury committees are often held at the final stage in order to evaluate the architectural product. Although there are specific methods to systemize the process of evaluation, but unfortunately some academic members in jury committees do not apply these methods, which results in negative judgments on student’s project, and that could generate a feeling of dissatisfaction. This paper, therefore, aims to …

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Towards Sustainability Of Architectural Education Programs In Publicuniversities In Egypt: Cairo University Case Study, Asmaa Saleh Oct 2020

Towards Sustainability Of Architectural Education Programs In Publicuniversities In Egypt: Cairo University Case Study, Asmaa Saleh

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

More than a decade ago; the concept of sustainability had a great concern from the whole world because of the global warming dilemma. Sustainability is a paradigm that contains environmental, economic and social factors. Many governments have adopted the sustainability paradigm especially in the MENA region as they are the most affected by global warming. In Egypt, within the government role in paving the way to sustainability; principles of sustainable development has been integrated into the country's policies and programs in reflection to sustainable development strategy of Egypt's vision 2030. However, the concept of sustainability is still considered as a …

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Architectural Body: Performance As Design Methodology Facilitating Transformative Learning, Takako Hasegawa Oct 2020

Architectural Body: Performance As Design Methodology Facilitating Transformative Learning, Takako Hasegawa

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

This paper will discuss multidisciplinary and experimental pedagogical case studies that place the importance of the body firmly back into architectural education. The advanced digital technologies currently employed almost universally in architectural education generate increasingly virtual and augmented design, resulting from processes that tend to be devoid of imagination of the body. The case studies discussed in this paper involved students’ direct participation in performative acts during the design process, facilitating positive transformative learning through direct experience. These include design briefs for Chelsea College of Arts (London, UK, 2009–2013), modules for the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) (London, UK, …

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Re-Thinking Bloom's Taxonomy By Integrating Digital Simulation In, Samer El Sayary, Hiba Mohsen, Lamis Mantash Oct 2020

Re-Thinking Bloom's Taxonomy By Integrating Digital Simulation In, Samer El Sayary, Hiba Mohsen, Lamis Mantash

Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)

Despite the significant developments in adapting Bloom's taxonomy in architectural design studio in the last few years, in addition to the advancements in applying digital media in the education process, there is still no integrated framework that combines all threads together. The learning objectives of advanced design studio include pragmatic thinking through testing new hypotheses, evaluating and applying different parameters, and identifying appropriate decisions. These are only achieved once barriers between design studio and building sciences considerations are overcome by addressing the process of simulation across the domains and levels of the revised Bloom's taxonomy. The Design Studio and building …

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Potential Of Zero Charge-Based Capacitive Deionization, Xin Gao, Ayokunle Omosebi, James Richardson Landon, Kunlei Liu Oct 2020

Potential Of Zero Charge-Based Capacitive Deionization, Xin Gao, Ayokunle Omosebi, James Richardson Landon, Kunlei Liu

Center for Applied Energy Research Faculty Patents

The invention is a capacitive, aka electrostatic, deionization apparatus and method that solves the problem of short lifetime of conventional capacitive deionization (CDI) and of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) devices and methods by shifting the Potential of Zero Charge of electrode surfaces through surface modifications. Such electrode surface modifications provide very long lifetime capacitive deionization devices and methods.

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Water Treatment System With Ultraviolet Leds And Photo-Catalysts, Morgan Russell, John E. Stubbs, David M. Kempisty Oct 2020

Water Treatment System With Ultraviolet Leds And Photo-Catalysts, Morgan Russell, John E. Stubbs, David M. Kempisty

AFIT Patents

A reactor system for treating contaminated water is disclosed. The reactor system includes a reactor vessel having first and second end portions and an internal reactor volume defined by interior surfaces of the reactor vessel. A fluoropolymer coating is applied over at least a portion of the interior surfaces of the reactor vessel. The reactor system also includes a water inlet disposed in the first end portion and a water outlet disposed in the second end portion. At least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) is included and disposed so as to project ultraviolet light into the reactor vessel. A plurality …

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Analyzing The Structural Properties Of Fire Clay Bricks After Adding Cigarette Filters, Karim Galal Abdullatif, Marianne N. Guirguis, Rania Rushdy Moussa Oct 2020

Analyzing The Structural Properties Of Fire Clay Bricks After Adding Cigarette Filters, Karim Galal Abdullatif, Marianne N. Guirguis, Rania Rushdy Moussa

Architectural Engineering

Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. Incorporation in construction bricks offers the prospect of limiting damage and solves the recyclability problem for a typical non-biodegradable waste. This paper aims to explore that prospect, by adding cigarette filters in the production of two samples of fired clay bricks with the cigarette filters comprising 5% and 10% of the volume. The mixing and molding processes were done manually which had an effect on the bricks when tested, The results of testing were corresponding with those of previous studies (outside Egypt), however, only …

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Dynamic Analysis Of Viscoelastic Circular Diaphragm Of A Mems Capacitive Pressure Sensor Using Modified Differential Transformation Method, Dr Olurotimi A. Adeleye, Muritala Yusuf, Oluwaseyi .. Balogun Oct 2020

Dynamic Analysis Of Viscoelastic Circular Diaphragm Of A Mems Capacitive Pressure Sensor Using Modified Differential Transformation Method, Dr Olurotimi A. Adeleye, Muritala Yusuf, Oluwaseyi .. Balogun

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

In this paper, a dynamic analysis of the viscoelastic circular diaphragm of a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) capacitive pressure sensor using the Modified Differential Transformation Method (MDTM) is presented. The MEMS technology has been increasingly used to fabricate sensors and actuators and the MEMS capacitive pressure sensor is emerging in many high-performance applications. The deflection of these sensors diaphragm (plate) depends largely on the material of the diaphragm. In this study, a circular diaphragm of viscoelastic material is modeled using the classical plate theory. The governing differential equation is solved using Modified Differential Transformation Method (MDTM) and the result is validated …

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A Novel Energy-Efficient Sensor Cloud Model Using Data Prediction And Forecasting Techniques, Kalyan Das, Satyabrata Das, Aurobindo Mohapatra Oct 2020

A Novel Energy-Efficient Sensor Cloud Model Using Data Prediction And Forecasting Techniques, Kalyan Das, Satyabrata Das, Aurobindo Mohapatra

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

An energy-efficient sensor cloud model is proposed based on the combination of prediction and forecasting methods. The prediction using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with single activation function and forecasting using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models use to reduce the communication of data. The requests of the users generate in every second. These requests must be transferred to the wireless sensor network (WSN) through the cloud system in the traditional model, which consumes extra energy. In our approach, instead of one second, the sensors generally communicate with the cloud every 24 hours, and most of the requests reply using the …

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Study Of Dynamics Of The Twisting Process In Pneumomechanical Spinning In The Presence Of Double False Spinning, Mirzohid Sayidmurodov Oct 2020

Study Of Dynamics Of The Twisting Process In Pneumomechanical Spinning In The Presence Of Double False Spinning, Mirzohid Sayidmurodov

Acta of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

В данной работе представлены результаты исследования динамики процесса кручения пряжи пневмомеханического прядения (пневмомеханического прядения) при наличии двойного ложного кручения, построены динамические математические модели процесса кручения пряжи пневмомеханического прядения. при наличии двойного ложного скручивания в режимах неустановившегося пуска и остановке формовочно-скручивающего устройства.

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Theoretical Studies Of Spinning Line Parameters Of Ring Spinning Machines, Nurilla Dadaxanov Oct 2020

Theoretical Studies Of Spinning Line Parameters Of Ring Spinning Machines, Nurilla Dadaxanov

Acta of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

The article studies the angle of discharge of exhaust devices and obtaining of analytical dependencies for calculating the angle of flow around the sliver of the exhaust cylinder on the spinning line of ring spinning machines.

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Simulation Of Forced Vibrations Of The Elements Of A Sewing Machine’S Compound Foot, Sabrina Djamolitdinovna Mukhamedjanova Article Oct 2020

Simulation Of Forced Vibrations Of The Elements Of A Sewing Machine’S Compound Foot, Sabrina Djamolitdinovna Mukhamedjanova Article

Acta of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

The article presents the results of the study of de- sign features of the foot of sewing machines. The effective design scheme and operating principle of the sewing machine foot are pre- sented. Mathematical models of forced oscillations of the elastic plate and the upper plate with the power and rod of the composite foot with the elastic elements are obtained.

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A New Technical Solution For Cleaning The Water Intake Structure Of Pumping Stations From Siltation And Its Experimental Research, M.M. Mukhammadiev, S.R. Juraev Oct 2020

A New Technical Solution For Cleaning The Water Intake Structure Of Pumping Stations From Siltation And Its Experimental Research, M.M. Mukhammadiev, S.R. Juraev

Irrigation and Melioration

The article considers one of the most pressing problems of pumping stations in the irrigation system today, their blurring of the bottom of the water intake (avancamera and water intake chambers), analyzes the existing proposals, designs and technical solutions and their advantages and disadvantages. Given the above advantages and disadvantages, a new design has been proposed for the treatment of water intake structures from turbid sediments with minimal energy and capital expenditures, very cheap and simple to operate and reliable. The design includes a turbid suction pump and a turbid pump, as well as a pulp pipeline. The pressurized water …

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Assessing Surface Water Features Using Landsat-8 Oli And Sentinel-1 Satellite Images Case Study Sirdaryo Region, S.M. Muratov, Kh.A. Abdivaitov, Sh.F. Rahmatillayev Oct 2020

Assessing Surface Water Features Using Landsat-8 Oli And Sentinel-1 Satellite Images Case Study Sirdaryo Region, S.M. Muratov, Kh.A. Abdivaitov, Sh.F. Rahmatillayev

Irrigation and Melioration

Water resources have become a very big problem in every part of Uzbekistan for several decades. Water is used not only exclusively for agricultural development, but also for many other purposes, such as industrial and chemical activities. Therefore, it is important to study the properties of surface water objects using optical and microwave satellite images. The Syrdarya region was selected for research. Because in the past, there have been no studies of water bodies using satellite images. The article presents the results of studies on the assessment of water properties from optical and microwave satellite images. In research for optical …

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Distribution Of Pressure And Specific Energy In The Twirled Stream For Confusor, A.A. Yangiev, D.S. Adjimuratov Oct 2020

Distribution Of Pressure And Specific Energy In The Twirled Stream For Confusor, A.A. Yangiev, D.S. Adjimuratov

Irrigation and Melioration

Article brings up the advantage of confusor part application in outflow part of vortex spillway, which may be more rational from the point of view of providing non-cavitation operation of flow swirler. Analytical design method and program developed is given of pressure and specific energy for aerated part of swirled flow in vortex spillway confusor part, which match with experimental results, it allows for fast and quite accurate realization of distribution analysis for pressure and specific energy in swirled flow along the length of the confusor for various rates of taper.

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Economic Assesment Of The Impact Of Climate Factors On Wheat Yield In Samarkand Region, Sh.B. Babakholov Oct 2020

Economic Assesment Of The Impact Of Climate Factors On Wheat Yield In Samarkand Region, Sh.B. Babakholov

Irrigation and Melioration

Agricultural production is highly vulnerable to climate shocks and predicted climate consequences may pose severe challenges to the resilience of Uzbek agricultural system, especially in terms of food security and income stability of rural producers. In this context, present study proposed to assess the impact of climate factors, such particular changes in mean temperature and rainfalls on total output of wheat-cultivating farmers in Samarkand region. By considering irrigation source and heterogeneous geography of the region, farmers engaged in wheat production were analyzed in two: upstream and downstream zones using Fixed effect panel approach. The empirical findings of study revealed that, …

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Change In Level Water In Pumping-Plant Intake, R.R. Ergashev, B.T. Xolbutayev Oct 2020

Change In Level Water In Pumping-Plant Intake, R.R. Ergashev, B.T. Xolbutayev

Irrigation and Melioration

A decrease in the water level in the pump chamber of the pumping stations leads to the formation of whirlpools in front of the suction pipes. As a result of air intake, the pump unit operates in cavitation mode and their intensive wear occurs. As the data obtained from the Karshi machine channel show, mainly a decrease in design water levels in the downstream waters is observed at the first pumping station. Depending on the number of simultaneously operating pumping units, the minimum water level in the head pumping station should be from 4.5 m to 5.7 m. The received …

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Modeling The Impact Of Changes In The Ground Water Level On The Stability Of Agricultural Landscapes Using Gis, A.M. Arifjanov, L.N. Samiev, F.K. Babajanov, G.M. Xamdamova, Sh.N. Yusupov Oct 2020

Modeling The Impact Of Changes In The Ground Water Level On The Stability Of Agricultural Landscapes Using Gis, A.M. Arifjanov, L.N. Samiev, F.K. Babajanov, G.M. Xamdamova, Sh.N. Yusupov

Irrigation and Melioration

The article presents modern GIS methods for determining the stability of changes in irrigated areas and the depth of the ground water level.the most correct solutions are given in modeling this process. To distinguish agricultural landscapes, the classification of agricultural acreage in the lower part of the Amu Darya river region was made using 16-day periodic rasters 2017 of 2018 and the NDIS MOD13Q1 sensor of agricultural acreage, type NDVI. The annual change in the level of underground water in relation to the state of rivers and channels is analyzed. A steady change in agricultural acreage on the right Bank …

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