Evaluation of the ecological potential of tourism and protection of Nayband National Marine Park by zoning the land and offshore sections
Subject Areas : Aquatic Environmental Sciencenazli moghadam yekta 1 , R. Hejazi 2 , A. Karimi 3
1 - Project manager at Lar Consulting Engineers
2 - Dept. of Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - . Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Qom University of Technology
Keywords: protection, Ecological potential, Nayband national marine park, recreational activities,
Abstract :
In this study, the ecological potential of tourism and protection of the land and offshore section of Nayband National Marine Park, in the southeastern part of the Kangan city in Bushehr province was evaluated. Therefore, after identifying the environmental resources of the area, investigation and preparation of required maps using Landscape Ecology Method using Geographic Information System (GIS) was started. Using national and international criteria, ecological potential of the region for recreational activities was assessed and by overlaying of maps, suitable recreation areas were identified for both land and offshore regions. Two levels (levels 1 and 2) were identified for the land sector and 1 level for the offshore area. Taking into account the growing of the economic development around the region and considering the location of the protected and sensitive areas within the study area, the recreational package was finalized. After zoning and determining the uses of protected areas, based on the information obtained from the identification of biophysical and socioeconomic resources, the zones were presented to supplement the objectives of management and planning of programs at three levels of long term (25 to 50 years), medium term (5-25 years) and short term (5 years), of the national park. Due to the increase of the immigrant population in the region, and limited capacity of the park for recreational activities, the national park will not answer this volume of tourists. Therefore, two categories were set for the program, the first category was the removal of recreational activities from the National Marine Park of Nay Band to the areas outside the park with a higher priority and the second category was organizing the recreational activities of the park.
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