The objective of this study was to quantify changes in land use from a case study area in Chalous, Iran and identify geophysical characteristics e.g., slope, elevation and soil and socio economic e.g., population density, tourist industry, accessibility and land price elements of the changes. ...In this study, multi temporal satellite images, Geographic Information Systems GIS , and semi structured interviews were used to evaluate the spatio temporal dynamics of land use cover changes over a 20 year period 1996 2016 . ...