Volume 2 , Issue 1 , June 2025 , Pages 57-84
د. محمد مهدى کریم مهدى 1 ; آ.د. ابراهیم قاسم درویش محمد قاسم 2
1 قسم الجغرافيا,كلية التربية,جامعة گرميان
2 قسم الجغرافيا / كلية التربية / جامعة کرميان
Settlement has always been regarded as the most important human phenomenon. Therefore, the research entitled (Geographical Dimentions of Settlement footprint expansion in Kalar district) tried to show the expansion of prosperity traces in the study area.
The research; Through remote sensing techniques, it has tried to draw a map of the expansion of prosperity in half a century of geography of Kalari district. Aerial images of the study area (1983-2023) were taken over five periods (decades) and analyzed through Descriptive and quantity methodology. It was found that there was a significant expansion in the area of settlements, which was 9.3 km2 in the base year of the study, but increased to 49.3 km2 in the target year and spread to unused land. Although the expansion of prosperity indicates the vitality and development of the region, it has had negative consequences on the environment, climate and agricultural land.