Geotourism
Mohammadtagi Rahnamayee; Esmaeil Aliakbari; Esmaeil Safaralizadeh
Abstract
Tourism as the largest social movement, associated with cultural, economic and spatial consequences. Therefore, making the more efficient of the tourism development and promoting its positive consequences, it needs to understanding and putting especial attention to the empowerment. The aim of this research ...
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Tourism as the largest social movement, associated with cultural, economic and spatial consequences. Therefore, making the more efficient of the tourism development and promoting its positive consequences, it needs to understanding and putting especial attention to the empowerment. The aim of this research is the study of effective factors on empowerment of the tourism development in West Azerbaijan Province. This study naturally is "descriptive - analytic" and objectively is “applicable" and is in line with answering to this question: Is the empowerment of “local communities (of participation dimension), human resource (the decision makers and planners), and competitiveness of tourism destinations" components effective in empowering of tourism development in the West Azerbaijan province? The statistical populations studied in this research are cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism experts in the West Azerbaijan province. Due to the expansion of research range and lack of detailed knowledge about the number of population studied, using cluster and randomized sampling method, totally, 100 subjects selected as sample. To analyze the data, descriptive statistical methods was used and to test of research hypothesis in the inferential statistic, the chi-square tests (chi-square) were used. The results showed that empowerment components of the local community, human resources (the decision makers and planners), and competitiveness of tourism destinations have significant relationship with the empowerment of tourism development and among them "empowerment of human resources (the decision makers and planners)" have the most impact on tourism development in West Azerbaijan province.
Geomorphology
Esmail Ali Akbari; Nafiseh sadat Mirayee
Volume 19, Issue 54 , February 2016, , Pages 211-233
Abstract
There is a close link between the urban fabric, seismicity and seismic pathology. Urban fabric has been affected, due not only to the physical characteristics, but also through non-physical components (functional), and effects on it. This paper attempts to identify zones and levels of seismic vulnerability ...
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There is a close link between the urban fabric, seismicity and seismic pathology. Urban fabric has been affected, due not only to the physical characteristics, but also through non-physical components (functional), and effects on it. This paper attempts to identify zones and levels of seismic vulnerability zones in urban fabric of ValiasrTown, Tabriz, using descriptive data and documents method. Eight indicators (distance to fault, the quality of buildings, building density, population density, building height-to-width ratio, type of land use, level of traffic service, distance from medical centers) which have been analyzes through irreversible analysis (IHWP). Results show that 54% of the town has been located in the zone of seismic vulnerability. High building density, deficiency of green and open space, high amount of building height-to-width ratio and commercial land uses are the main characteristics of urban fabric in the vulnerable zone. Model of urban fabric distribution and vulnerable zones matches with the location of main arteries (Mokhaberat, Valiasr, Shariati, Ohadi, Moalem, Foroghi, Takhti, Parvin Etesami, Aref, Zand and Javanmehr) especially sub-passages (8-10 meters) leading to these arteries and commercial land uses in the central part (Bozorg and Bazar squares). Spatial model of seismic zone has the east-west direction and center-round. This model has shaped the direction and intensity of changes in vulnerability and has created macro pattern of pathology and seismic zoning of town in two parts: The eastern half is a zone with low risk factors and vulnerability that has the most sustainable urban fabric of town. However, western half represents high and very high seismic instability and vulnerability. The central part of the town is the spatial center of seismic intensity of these areas.
