Drought, low and variable rainfall and high temperature and evaporation are the main characteristics of dry lands. When desert lands are exploited as a resource (e.g. mining) and appropriate actions are not considered to help these lands to return to the original state, these lands are affected by many negative changes which, in addition to within-watershed effects, have many outside- watershed effects and the surrounding environments of desert areas will also be affected. One way to identify the effect of land management practices in desert lands is to assess wind erosion conditions in these regions. For this purpose, many models have been developed to assess the status of wind erosion in the world, and many of them have been applied in Iran. One of the developed models based on the specific conditions and characteristics of different regions of Iran is IRIFR which is usually used to assess the condition of wind erosion in Iran. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of IRIFR as an Iranian model against a new Australian model called LUIM (Land Use Impact Model) for assessing the risk of wind erosion in Segzi plain, Isfahan Province. Nine parameters in IRIFR model affecting wind erosion were used and each parameter was rated based on the impact on wind erosion in 26 geomorphological faces. The LUIM model integrates the relationships between landscape characteristics (e.g. susceptibility to erosion) and management practices in order to assess the risk of wind erosion using four principal components including vulnerability, management, sensitivity and capital value. The results of LUIM revealed that 1.73% of the area (748.63 ha) was ltr" Key words: Segzi plain, Wind erosion, IRIFR model, LUIM model
