shirin mohammadkhan; Abdolkarim veys; Samaneh Riahi
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In this research, the Geosite of Sahoo Mountain has been investigated using Geosite Assessment Model (GAM) which considers providing sustainable planning and natural heritage management and rendering them to tourism targets. It is based on previously- mentioned assessment models and proposed to evaluate ...
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In this research, the Geosite of Sahoo Mountain has been investigated using Geosite Assessment Model (GAM) which considers providing sustainable planning and natural heritage management and rendering them to tourism targets. It is based on previously- mentioned assessment models and proposed to evaluate the geo sites through two groups of main values and supplementary value. In the general assessment of Shahoo Mountain, the geo sites including Ghoori Ghal'e Cave, Sirvan Valley and Ravansar Spring got the high score of 20.5, 16.75 and 16.5, respectively and were identified as the best geo sites for geo-tourism purposes. The results show that they involve almost suitable scientific-educational and aesthetic value; however, they are not in good conditions in terms of tourism values of the studied regional geo sites. Also, from a conservation perspective, no active protection is done and as they are unknown, they become safe. Finally, it can be said that besides other natural and cultural values of Shahoo Mountain, it can provide an appropriate perspective to develop sustainable development of geo-tourism.
Ali Akbar Shayan Yeganeh; Mohamad Ali Zangane Asadi; Abolghasem Amir Ahmadi
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As a new discipline, geotourism is a part of the nature-based tourism that relies on natural resources and geology. Geosites and geomorphosites are considered as infrastructure of geodiversity by the geomorphological and geological tourists. Geotourism has formed recently and elapsed its ...
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As a new discipline, geotourism is a part of the nature-based tourism that relies on natural resources and geology. Geosites and geomorphosites are considered as infrastructure of geodiversity by the geomorphological and geological tourists. Geotourism has formed recently and elapsed its early stages ofdevelopment. Iran is a country with a wide range of phenomena. Hence, to find the potentials for regional geotourism or capability of the geoparks, many researchers have been sought to assess the areas (of) geosites and geomorphosites in Iran, and in the world as well. The purpose of this study is to review some assessment methods of geosites and geomorphosites by 2015 and to extract their strengths and weaknesses in order to express a comprehensive method for assessing geomorphotourism areas. Analytical documents andadaptive methods are used in this research. Results of the study show that the Comanescu method is the perfect way to assess geomorphosites now. Moreover, the evaluation has been weak geomorphosites service role. Pralong, Lucie Kubalíková, Brilha and Charalampos Fassoulas methods are important in the next stage. However, in parts of the evaluation, they do not show all the potentials of a geomorphosite. Most of the methods in Iran are not in a comprehensive way to assess geomorphosites. Consequently, the present articlehas tried to propose a new method in order to maintain the strengths of the methods and reduce their weaknesses.
