Analysis of the impact of tourism on land use change in Ardakan, Fars

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Abdolmotaleb Rahnama ¹ (PhD student in Urban Planning, Tourism Research Center, Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran, Country)
Ahmad khademolhossini ² (Associate Professor, Tourism Research Center, Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran)
amir gandomkar ³ (Associate Professor, Tourism Research Center, Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran)

Received: 2020-09-19 Accepted : 2020-11-20 Published : 2022-07-23

Keywords: Land use change, Tourism, destruction of natural resources and tourism, Ardakan Fars,

Abstract :

In recent decades, due to tourism activities and severe environmental fluctuations, the land use situation is changing. Therefore, in order to protect and preserve tourist areas, it is necessary to study the status of land use in tourism purposes. Ardakan section of Fars province is one of the tourism hubs of the country that has faced various uses in the past few years. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of tourism in land use change in the area of Ardakan city in Fars province. For this purpose, information about the current situation and changes in the uses of Ardakan section during the period 1376 to 1397 were collected. After collecting and analyzing the basic maps and reviewing the aerial photographs as well as interviewing local residents and tourists, a descriptive and analytical survey method based on survey was used to evaluate the impact of tourism on land use change in the study area. According to the results, tourism in the study area has led to the destruction of natural resources and tourism in recent decades by making extensive changes in land uses, especially agricultural lands, orchards, river lands. The results also showed that the most land use changes were related to the construction of tourism complexes (50.55%), conversion of garden lands to rainfed lands (16.9%), conversion of city gardens to residential use (4.11%), conversion of gardens, respectively. The city level was to the second house (12.8%) and the change of garden uses was industrial (5.64). In addition, the statistical results of the set of changes show that the share of constructions related to tourist complexes with 50.55% had the highest share, followed by the conversion of garden lands to rainfed lands to 16.9% and the conversion of city gardens to Residential use and second homes are in the next priorities with 14.11% and 12.8%. Finally, according to the results of the study, policy proposals in the field of appropriate design in relation to the organization of tourist complexes and take the necessary measures to prevent the destruction of gardens in the region were presented.

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