Productivity Management Studies

Optimizing space in areas prone to tourism development (Case study: Sarvabad county)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

Abstract

Tourism eco-camps are one of the sustainable approaches in the development of the tourism industry, which has been proposed in order to reduce the environmental destruction of tourist destinations and benefit the host community more from the tourism industry. In line with the sustainable exploitation of the benefits of tourism eco-camps, one of the most important measures is to optimize the space in areas prone to tourism development with the approach of locating optimal spaces for the construction of tourism eco-camps. In this regard, the main goal of the current research is to locate optimal spaces for the construction of tourist eco-camps in Sarvabad county, located in Kurdistan province. The research method governing this applied study is the descriptive-analytical approach. In order to achieve the main goal of the research, 25 effective layers have been used in locating tourism eco-camps, and the opinions of 12 experts and researchers have been used to weight these layers. Also, Sum fuzzy model has been used for the final zoning. The results of the research showed that among the investigated layers, three layers of slope percentage, distance from the road and distance from touristic human settlements have the most weight with the values ​​of 0.0671, 0.0623 and 0.0591, respectively. The results of the final zoning of Sarvabad county in terms of the ability to build a tourism eco-camp showed that a limited part of Sarvabad county (about 9% of the total area of ​​the city) has been placed in suitable and very suitable classes for the construction of a tourism eco-camp. In general, if we divide Sarvabad county into two northern and southern parts, most of the suitable and very suitable areas are located in the eastern part of the northern part of the county. 

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Productivity Management Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1
January 1404
Pages 85-100