Estimating the Outdoor Recreation Carrying Capacity in Berenjegan Forest, Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiary Province

Subject Areas : environmental management

Maryam Eskandari Shahraki ¹ , Kyumars Mohammadi Sammani ² , Beytollah Mahmoudi ³ , Ayoub Moradi ⁴

1 - MSc in Forestry, Department of forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj,-Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran *(Corresponding Author).
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
4 - PhD Student in Forestry, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2017-01-27 Accepted : 2017-03-12 Published : 2019-03-21

Keywords: Promenade, Forest outdoor recreation, Carrying capacity, Berenjegan region, Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari provin,

Abstract :

  Background and Objective: Tourism is a process with different forms for providing human recreation needs. The increasing critical pressure on urban and near urban regions can be the reason for this statement. In such condition, providing a master schedule at the national scale for each special regional condition is vital. Thus, natural resources conservation to ensure the sustainable development and to provide optimal quality for tourism services would be possible by paying attention to the carrying capacity. The aim of this study was to determine the carrying capacity of Berenjegan forest region in Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari province. Method: The instructions provided by the International Union for conservation of nature have been used to determine the carrying capacity of the study area. The appropriate sites with the capacity of concentrated tourist attraction were pidentified to determine the physical carrying capacity. Then real carrying capacity in the concentrated recreation site was specified by determining the restricted factors in the region, as well as considering the related effect on the physical carrying capacity. Finding: Results of this study showed that the area of suitable site for tourists reception in Berenjegan forest region was 6.1 ha from 480 ha. Real value of the physical carrying capacity was calculated. The physical carrying capacity was 10457 individuals per day, 3816856 per year, while the real carrying capacity was 911individuals per day and 112053 per year. Discussion and Conclusion: Real carrying capacity was less than the physical carrying capacity so that the number of limiting factors in the region could affect the real carrying capacity directly and it was decreased with the increase of limiting factors.

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