All other Geographic fields of studies , Interdisciplinary
Saeed Jahanbakhsh Asl; Mehdi Asad; Elaheh Akbari
Volume 20, Issue 56 , August 2016, , Pages 55-72
Abstract
In this study, for potential survey construction of wind power plants in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and Northern different criteria and sub-criteria have been considered. To become fuzzy criteria are based on expert opinions and investigation done researches, control point and fuzzy function for ...
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In this study, for potential survey construction of wind power plants in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and Northern different criteria and sub-criteria have been considered. To become fuzzy criteria are based on expert opinions and investigation done researches, control point and fuzzy function for each of the layers based on their membership gradation range of zero and one was determined in the IDRISI software. Then, according to the importance of integrating information, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) for layers weighting was implemented by Expert choice software. Then, the software ArcGIS, was used to spatial analysis and overlapping layers, and after the analysis of information, Razavi Khorasan and North Khorasan province, in terms of capability the wind power plants building, divided into four levels: excellent, good, fair and poor. Finally, the results indicated that excellent are as for the construction of wind power plantsin the study area are locatedin thesoutheast ofthe study area at Torbatjam station with an area exceeding 222565.97 hectares (0.018 percent). In addition, good areas are located around the Taybad and Khaaf, Golmakan, Sarakhs, Roshtkhar, Bardaskan, Neyshaboor, Sabzevar, Bojnurd, Ferdows and Jajarm stations with an area exceeding 1817573.81 hectares (0.17 percent). One cans that renewable energy of wind without any pollution could be utilized by the construction of wind power plants in the replaces ultimately.
Mojtaba Ghadiri Masoom; Mohammad Salmani; Mohammadjavad Ghassabi
Volume 18, Issue 50 , February 2015, , Pages 281-304
Abstract
The term “sustainable” is nowadays widely used in order to describe a world in which the human and natural systems could live together for a long time. Attention to this issue and the necessity to evaluate the ecological potential and economic, social, and cultural capacities in various topics ...
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The term “sustainable” is nowadays widely used in order to describe a world in which the human and natural systems could live together for a long time. Attention to this issue and the necessity to evaluate the ecological potential and economic, social, and cultural capacities in various topics especially in tourism forces the development planners to identify the sources from different dimensions and to a logical and right exploitation. Due to this necessity, the ecologic potential was evaluated by using the systematic method and the Makhdoum Model. Then, the socio-economic indices were rated using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the socio-economic capacities of the Khoor-o-iabanak tourism site were added to the previous layers using the ELECTRE model. Moreover, the bioclimatic comfort for tourism was calculated using the TCI model. In the final step the basic strategies for developing the tourism sector in the study region were offered by using the SWOT strategic planning model. Results show the region mentioned has high potential for tourism developments-especially for desert and ethnic-cultural tourism. Also, the preparation for tourism development in the region could be provided through logical and rational planning and with consideration of concepts and teachings of sustainable tourism.
