Ecological capability assessment to determine areas suitable for development in the range of the Rayen, the city of Kerman, based on ecotourism zoning by GIS and AHP

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

Farideh Asadian ¹ , Majid Asadi ² , Marjan Javadian Namini ³

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Received: 2015-10-13 Accepted : 2015-10-13 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: Ecotourism, Ecological capability, the analytic hierarchy process, Geographic Information System ,

Abstract :

Eco-tourism (ecological tourism) is naturally close relationship with the environment, Theenvironmental assessment be done properly if it leads to the development of rural areas of thecity. Environmental protection strategy, especially in less developed regions where thedevelopment could be based on tourism, is more important. Rhine historical and tourist city inKerman Province in the mountain range that has thousands of good weather and the potentialfor eco-tourism (ecological tourism), which is examined in this study. Applied research anddevelopment research method is descriptive. The main objective of this study was to evaluatethe ecological zoning for the development of ecotourism based on GIS and AHP inidentifying the rural town of Rhine is examined. After weighting variables AHP hierarchywere using GIS to overlay zoning, resulting in the development of eco-tourism for the regionRhine in three separate classification was developed 3/27% Rayen area on the first floorprioritized for development User tourist 7/6% second priority area, which if necessary can beused to develop tourism. Also, 66% of the Rayen area of tourism, ecological tourism in thearea is poor management and political strategies that contribute to the development of theRayen.