Estimating the carrying capacity of suitable zones for tourism development in Baneh city, Case study: Dokanan tourism area
Vahid Amini Parsa
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PhD.Student in Environmental Planning, Department of Environmental Planning, Management an Education, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran
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Esmail Salehi
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Planning, Management and Education, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran
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Fereshteh Azizabadi
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MSc. in Environmental Planning, Department of Environmental Planning, Management and Education, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran
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Samad Haji.Mohammad.Amini
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MSc in Tourism Marketing, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran
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Keywords: tourism development, Carrying Capacity, Ecological Land Evaluation, Dokanan Tourism Area,
Abstract :
The growth in tourism industry with no regard to potentials and carrying capacity of the land van lead to serious Environmental damages in long-term. Understanding the potential and proportion of land and using the quantitative methods to estimate the amount of utilization of existing resources have an important role in land use planning and management processes. Baneh city have been hosting considerable number of tourists during last decades and needs to improve the tourism infrastructures. Dokanan tourism area suggested to face with this requirement. In this paper suitable areas for recreational activities in Dokanan area of Baneh were detected using AHP-FUZZY method. Then based on the results of ecological land evaluation, physical and real carrying capacity of the case study were estimated. In this study, carrying capacity estimated in two cases: 1- for the whole area according to its capability and 2- according to zoning of area design. The results of this calculation show that second case gives more accurate and targeted responses in comparison to the first one which could be used in recreational planning and management of area.
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