Volume 26, Issue 2, September 2016, Pages 435–444
Faiza Khebour Allouche1, Dalel Ouerchefani Bouzaida2, Amal Laarif Souguir3, and Abd-Alla Gad4
1 Departement of Horticultural Sciences and Landcsape,High Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Sousse University, Tunisia
2 Eremology and Combating Desertification Laboratory IRA-Médenine, Tunisia
3 Departement of Horticultural Sciences and Landcsape,High Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Sousse University, Tunisia
4 National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study aims to present the benefits of a new methodology based on geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques for the identification and classification of Mediterranean landscapes. The approach has been applied to a coastal region of South East Tunisia: the Zarzis region. It is based on the combination of different satellite Landsat-8 image processing, namely supervised and unsupervised classifications and calculation of radiometric indices. Thematic maps and validation of results by Google Earth images have permitted, in a second step, to offer a touristic destination and geolocation of few stations encompassing representative of the area landscapes. This study presents an innovative methodological approach based on remote sensing and GIS to map the types of landscapes in Zarzis region. This approach may be useful in landscaping projects and as an efficient tool to develop a touristic destination by highlighting each type of landscape.
Author Keywords: GIS, remote sensing, indices, landscape, touristic destination.
Faiza Khebour Allouche1, Dalel Ouerchefani Bouzaida2, Amal Laarif Souguir3, and Abd-Alla Gad4
1 Departement of Horticultural Sciences and Landcsape,High Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Sousse University, Tunisia
2 Eremology and Combating Desertification Laboratory IRA-Médenine, Tunisia
3 Departement of Horticultural Sciences and Landcsape,High Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Sousse University, Tunisia
4 National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study aims to present the benefits of a new methodology based on geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques for the identification and classification of Mediterranean landscapes. The approach has been applied to a coastal region of South East Tunisia: the Zarzis region. It is based on the combination of different satellite Landsat-8 image processing, namely supervised and unsupervised classifications and calculation of radiometric indices. Thematic maps and validation of results by Google Earth images have permitted, in a second step, to offer a touristic destination and geolocation of few stations encompassing representative of the area landscapes. This study presents an innovative methodological approach based on remote sensing and GIS to map the types of landscapes in Zarzis region. This approach may be useful in landscaping projects and as an efficient tool to develop a touristic destination by highlighting each type of landscape.
Author Keywords: GIS, remote sensing, indices, landscape, touristic destination.
How to Cite this Article
Faiza Khebour Allouche, Dalel Ouerchefani Bouzaida, Amal Laarif Souguir, and Abd-Alla Gad, “Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Mapping diverse Landscapes and Potential Touristic Destination in Zarzis, Tunisia,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 435–444, September 2016.
