Geomorphology
Aliakbar Taghiloo; Sayad Asghari Saraskanroud; Batol Zeinali; Saleh Asghari Saraskanroud
Volume 20, Issue 56 , August 2016, , Pages 39-53
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Geo-tourism has been existed from combine of geo (earth) and (tourism) words. Geo-tourism is tourism that has attractions of geology, geomorphology, cultural heritage and aesthetic of the geography location. The aim of this research is evaluating of geotourist capacity of Kandovan village located in ...
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Geo-tourism has been existed from combine of geo (earth) and (tourism) words. Geo-tourism is tourism that has attractions of geology, geomorphology, cultural heritage and aesthetic of the geography location. The aim of this research is evaluating of geotourist capacity of Kandovan village located in Osco city. For this was used descripted -analyzed method. In descripted method, work tool of researchers is field and documented studies. In next stage, capability of village geo-tourism was evaluated by view of experts and tourists. Finally, analysis of data was performed by dynamical model. The results showed that scientific value index of village Geo-tourism, residual values index and region's vulnerability coefficient are 22.88, 29.08 and 2.47 respectively. Finally geo-tourist capacity of Kandovan was evaluated well based on qualitative (54.45) and quantitative criteria of model.
Geomorphology
Ebrahim Asgari Kalajahi; Farideh Amini Beirami; Masood HajialilouBonab
Volume 19, Issue 54 , February 2016, , Pages 1-18
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Kandovan village with cone-shaped rocky houses is one of the tourist attractions in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Investigations show that the cone-shaped rocks are eroded and deteriorated by environmental factors. For investigation on this issue, in addition to the field word, the samples were taken ...
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Kandovan village with cone-shaped rocky houses is one of the tourist attractions in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Investigations show that the cone-shaped rocks are eroded and deteriorated by environmental factors. For investigation on this issue, in addition to the field word, the samples were taken from fresh and weathered parts of the rock mass of houses and we studied the effects of climate and weather factores on their physical and chemical properties using freezing-thawing, wetting-drying and X-ray diffraction testes. Also fractures characteristics of Kandovan rock mass was measured and analyzed by using a computer program called "Dips" and three major fractures were detected in its erosion on rocky created cone-shaped houses. There is the chance of degradation of houses due to continuing erosion along them. The results of the climate data, tests and analyzes show that rock surface were damaged and eroded by environmental factors but due to lack of appropriate water and suitable temperature for chemical weathering, there are no traces of clay minerals in the rock. Area climate condition does not show significant effect on physical and chemical weathering process of the cone-shaped rocky houses and only a thin layer of them has been damaged but there is the possibility of further damage of rocks due to continuing weathering and erosion processes and lack of conservation and restoration actions.
Ahmad Asadzadeh; Davood Behbudi; صارمی Saremi
Volume 19, Issue 51 , April 2015, , Pages 1-20
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Given the increasing demand for recreation places, it is appropriate to use social and economic analysis to study peoples’ demand for the provision of recreational facilities in any region. Kandovan is a tourist attraction and a historical village located on the south of Tabriz. The estimation ...
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Given the increasing demand for recreation places, it is appropriate to use social and economic analysis to study peoples’ demand for the provision of recreational facilities in any region. Kandovan is a tourist attraction and a historical village located on the south of Tabriz. The estimation of the recreational value of Kandovan village is useful in predicting needs, meeting requirements and development of tourism in the region. The research method is based on using maps and collecting data about socio-economic characteristics of visitors and travel cost associated with the visits. The data were collected by questionnaires and interviews with 124 visitors. The results revealed that the amount of travel cost was negatively related to the number of visitors, 82 percent of visitors were willing to pay the entry fee to the village. The average willingness to pay was 26570 Rials and the recreational value of Kandovan was estimated to be 3295000 Rials.
