Hosseyn Hataminejad; Roohollah Mohammadi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 2-7
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An approach to sustainable form of city
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Sustainable development is a modern concept which has been propounded widely by linking different dimensions of development (economic, cultural, political and social) and focusing on climatic considerations and environment protection. On the other hand ...
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An approach to sustainable form of city
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Sustainable development is a modern concept which has been propounded widely by linking different dimensions of development (economic, cultural, political and social) and focusing on climatic considerations and environment protection. On the other hand since 1960s, urban designing has attracted the attention of many scholars working in the field of visual space beautification and those who sought to increase environmental responsibility among managers. Therefore, the present article first explains “development” as a classic and sustainable notion, urban development policies and urban sustainability index. Then, it introduces and analyzes new patterns of “sustainable development” as the foundations of urban sustainable development and a tool by which governments can reach goals of sustainable development. In fact, this is an introduction to the discussions of urban sustainable construction and form, based on which some urban models related to the sustainability of modern cities are proposed.
Key words: sustainable development, urban sustainable development, urban designing, urban destiny, urban agriculture.
Seyyedeh Shahla Hosseyni-e Asl; Hasan Beykmohammadi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 8-10
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Kazerun is located in southern Fars province. It covers an area of about 2174 hectares. Due to inappropriate features (such as unemployment, shortage in services, narrow passages, population density, insufficiency in infrastructure, economic, social and legal problems), 10 percent of this area (about ...
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Kazerun is located in southern Fars province. It covers an area of about 2174 hectares. Due to inappropriate features (such as unemployment, shortage in services, narrow passages, population density, insufficiency in infrastructure, economic, social and legal problems), 10 percent of this area (about 210 hectares) are worn out urban texture with a direct influence on economic depression, worn out texture and its residents. These elements collectively reveals the significance of this study.
The present article seeks to recognize problems of worn out texture and the economic, social and cultural structure of the study area, while providing some suggestions to solve the problems in this texture. The study is performed using descriptive-analytic method and field study in Kazerun city. Required information and statistics are provided by authentic resources and reliable organizations and offices (municipality- governorate-cultural heritage organization- statistical yearbooks- 2006 and 1996 population and housing census). Results indicate that social-economic situation, inappropriate infrastructure facilities and management factor influence texture and cause texture underdevelopment. Moreover, many economic problems and social damages can be prevented by developing economic-social activities, creating job opportunities, correcting system of passages and improving service centers in the area.
Heydar Lotfi; Mandana Ghanbari
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 11-16
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Developing Kavir national park is especially crucial in all ecological, economic and political dimensions. This national park is one of the largest national parks in Iran. Sustainable development of Kavir national park requires great precision, due to its ecologic nature as a desert, presence of specific ...
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Developing Kavir national park is especially crucial in all ecological, economic and political dimensions. This national park is one of the largest national parks in Iran. Sustainable development of Kavir national park requires great precision, due to its ecologic nature as a desert, presence of specific ecosystems, rare and scarce animals. Its development must be performed based on a precise understanding of the present situation, pilot planning and continual environmental management. The present article seeks to identify environmental situation, evaluate strength and capacity of the land and its ecosystems and propose pilot plans based on the environmental capacities, relative advantages and susceptibilities and disorganizations. Regarding the necessity of producing functional output, economic and social dimensions were concisely considered in the planning process. Evaluating the capacity of Kavir national park indicates that tourism land use has a larger capacity for development. Furthermore, it should consider preservation. With valuable plant and animal resources, and other exceptional and miscellaneous features, this park is a cultural and national heritage. Implementing the results of this study requires a development plan and environment management system. An outline of this plan is provided in the conclusion and suggestion section along with other necessary solutions and arrangements. However with the assistance of authorities, applying strategies and results of the plan provide the necessary situation for compiling and settling environment management system. Though, settling such a system has not yet been accomplished and does not seem to be accessible in near future. But it seems completely accessible in Kavir national park, due to its nature as a desert and presence of biosphere reserve and ecosystem trend. This is in fact a relative opportunity and chance for Kavir national park.
Nasim Heydarinejad
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 17-21
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Throughout history, urban life and development have always owed specific ideas in human political and ideological beliefs and specific methods and opinions for building societies and a comfortable human life. Suggestions and opinions proposed by scholars in different eras have resulted in different plans ...
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Throughout history, urban life and development have always owed specific ideas in human political and ideological beliefs and specific methods and opinions for building societies and a comfortable human life. Suggestions and opinions proposed by scholars in different eras have resulted in different plans and patterns for organizing urban environment. Isfahan, with such a rich background, is not an exception.
The present article supposes that Isfahan is created based on idealism, naturalism ideologies and utopianism school. It refers to key issues of this school applicable to Isfahan urban construction.
This approach is explained using a descriptive, documentary method and statistical data acquired from valid resources.
Finally, it is emphasized that Isfahan reaches a flourishing peak in urban construction in the form of ideological utopia during Safavid era by Shah Abbas the great and Sheikh Baha’I. Safavid capital uses all available principles to reach the utopia which is the ultimate goal of every school.
Dariush Abolfathi; Iesa Saraghi; Ghasem Sarempour
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 22-27
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According to the main tourism factors mentioned in the master plan, Nahavand town is located in the second tourism district of the province. Many different natural and cultural attractions are located in Nahavand, while tourist attractions in Sarab-e Giyan forest are mainly of ecotourism kind (natural-environmental).
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According to the main tourism factors mentioned in the master plan, Nahavand town is located in the second tourism district of the province. Many different natural and cultural attractions are located in Nahavand, while tourist attractions in Sarab-e Giyan forest are mainly of ecotourism kind (natural-environmental).
This promenade is located in south Nahavand city among crowded villages and it attracts large number of tourists from the city, province and even neighboring provinces. It should be noted that Giyan historical hill is also located near the forest and Sarab-e Giyan, which according to archeologist excavation had a culture similar to Mesopotamia in 5700 year ago.
The present article seeks to determine factors influencing visitor’s willingness to pay for visiting the forest and Nahavand Sarab-e Giyan and estimate its economic-promenade valuation according to CVM analytic method.
In this article, conditional valuation method (CVM) was used for estimating economic-promenade valuation of the forest and Nahavand Sarab-e Giyan. This method tries to determine visitor’s willingness to pay (WTP) in different scenarios of the assumed market.
Taghi Tavoosi; Mohsen Armesh
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 28-30
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From a meteorological point of view, frost occurs when minimum daily temperature decreases to 0 °C. This study seeks to predict and rout early autumn frosts in Khash city. To study early frosts, the first day of frost in the statistical period of 1986 to 2008 was investigated. Probabilities and return ...
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From a meteorological point of view, frost occurs when minimum daily temperature decreases to 0 °C. This study seeks to predict and rout early autumn frosts in Khash city. To study early frosts, the first day of frost in the statistical period of 1986 to 2008 was investigated. Probabilities and return periods of autumn frosts (early frosts) were estimated using normal distribution and Log Pearson type 3 distribution. In Log Pearson type 3 distribution, there is 99 percent probability that frost does not begin before 8 October, 95 percent probability that frost does not begin before 15 October. In normal distribution, there is 95 percent probability that frost does not begin before 12 October. Coefficient of data change is 21.2 which indicates relatively high frequency in the time of frost. A graph of the first day of frost and its 11 year average was prepared and frost occurring process was routed. Results indicate that during the last decades frost has retreated toward winter.
Mozaffar Kazemizad
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 31-35
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The concept of globalization is studied in different scientific fields. Globalization began in the realm of economy and draws to political and cultural realms. Different scientific fields see globalization as the idea of eliminating geographic borders and reducing distances and there is a consensus that ...
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The concept of globalization is studied in different scientific fields. Globalization began in the realm of economy and draws to political and cultural realms. Different scientific fields see globalization as the idea of eliminating geographic borders and reducing distances and there is a consensus that development in communication and information technology are important factors in the formation of this inclusive phenomena. The modern approach to globalization enters the realm of natural systems and analyzes challenges facing human society from the view point of structuralism as the environmental philosophy of geography. The spread of this system in the world, absence of geographic borders limiting their function and their systematic relation can be considered among similarities and common features of economic-political systems and natural systems. Though these systems were present in this planet before human beings, interaction with human activities disturbed their behavioral procedure. They appear as a serious challenge facing human beings and with the present trend of human economic and industrial activities, their integrity and functional scale increase every day. In this way, they are turning into important and critical challenges facing the world. With the appearance of modern challenges like climate changes and environmental crisis in the field of environment, the issue of exploiting and protecting natural environment and its systems has changed into a global concept. Geography considers such natural and environmental crisis as a natural topic for its studies. It can be successful in introducing natural systems to citizens and different groups using its comprehensive knowledge of phenomena behavior and relations and human function. It also has the capability of providing influential solutions, preventing and solving global challenges.
Mostafa Mohammadi Dah Cheshmeh
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 36-39
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Urban development requires a rational thinking system and a philosophic-ideological thinking in the framework of schools, scientific theories, legal context, and efficient policy making for the specific time and space. In this regard, human being has always endeavored to organize all its activities like ...
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Urban development requires a rational thinking system and a philosophic-ideological thinking in the framework of schools, scientific theories, legal context, and efficient policy making for the specific time and space. In this regard, human being has always endeavored to organize all its activities like space arrangement based on ideological and belief principles. Therefore, city as the modern appearance of human civilization, and the center of sacredness, wealth and power is not an independent and self-governing phenomenon. But rather, it is a part of society structure and a conceptualized crystallization of fundamental needs of different social groups living in the city and affected by social, economic, political and ideological situations. It also represent the beliefs of people building the city. However, formation of these ideological propositions is a function of time and place in which these affective foundations are born, to the extent that investigating these views without considering its time and place context will be useless. The present article studies the backgrounds in which Chicago school was formed and reached maturity from the view point of effective factors, principles and approaches, theories and theorists of this school.
Ali Torabi Haghighi; Hosseyn Saremi; Roohollah Ghalambar
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 40-42
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The new and modern scientific field of river engineering integrates hydraulics with hydrology-geomorphology and investigates and discuss water movement in rivers. In order to prevent damages caused by river flood, probable floods must be predicted using appropriate methods. Moreover, identifying river ...
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The new and modern scientific field of river engineering integrates hydraulics with hydrology-geomorphology and investigates and discuss water movement in rivers. In order to prevent damages caused by river flood, probable floods must be predicted using appropriate methods. Moreover, identifying river morphology (river erosional landforms) can help us noticeably in recognizing and preventing damages.
The present article identifies erosional landforms in Chenar-e Rahdar River and produce a map for different forms of river erosion using geographic information system, remote sensing and dispersion of different erosional landforms in this river along with sedimentation areas.
Somayyeh Khosravi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 43-47
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Abyane, Masule, Kandovan and Meymand are four historical and exceptional villages who Iran beautiful and historical landscapes which can be investigated due to their.
Abyane village is located in the skirts of Karkas Mountain, 40 kilometer North West of Natanz and 70 kilometers South of Kashan in Isfahan ...
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Abyane, Masule, Kandovan and Meymand are four historical and exceptional villages who Iran beautiful and historical landscapes which can be investigated due to their.
Abyane village is located in the skirts of Karkas Mountain, 40 kilometer North West of Natanz and 70 kilometers South of Kashan in Isfahan province. This village should be regarded as one of the most exceptional villages of Iran, due to its diverse historical buildings. The architecture and texture of buildings in Abyane are inspired by natural and geological features of the area. The magnificence of local and beautiful architecture has made Abyane one of the exceptional attractions of the world. Abyane has a beautiful landscape, good climate and favorable natural position. It is located in the skirts of Karkas Mountain, one of mountain ranges in central Iran. Regarding form and structure, Abyane valley is a wrinkled area with multiple mountain ranges, generally in South West to North West direction. Abyane is surrounded by mountains. The present study evaluates geotourism potentials in Abyane village using geological and geomorphological maps of Abyane valley.
Ashraf Mandani
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 48-50
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Water resources and their appropriate exploitation are among important and critical issues in deserts and semi-desert areas. Qom has always faced water shortage and Panzdah-e Khordad Dam was built between Qom and Delijan to resolve the problem. This dam faces lots of sedimentation. This inevitably results ...
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Water resources and their appropriate exploitation are among important and critical issues in deserts and semi-desert areas. Qom has always faced water shortage and Panzdah-e Khordad Dam was built between Qom and Delijan to resolve the problem. This dam faces lots of sedimentation. This inevitably results in dam filling and shortening of its useful life. Therefore, studying erodibility potential in upstream basin is essential. The present study primarily seeks to divide the basin into different zones based on formations sensitivity to erosion and their role in the creation of new sediments. To reach this goal, boundaries of Panzdah-e Khordad Dam basin were identified using 1:50000 topographic maps. Then, it was carefully implemented on 1:50000 geological map of Qom-Delijan. After producing geological maps, channels, precipitation, geomorphology, slope and soil permeability were digitalized. Then, erodibility intensity in Panzdah-e Khordad Dam basin was produced using GIS, layer scoring and integrating techniques (Overlay index). Results indicate that sensitive units with severe erosion cover a vast area of central basin and a large volume of soil in this semi-desert area is sedimenting in Panzdah-e Khordad Dam reservoir. Finally, the article proposes some logical solutions to control and reduce erodibility of soil.
Aliakbar Sarmadi Seyfi; Ahmad Adib
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 51-53
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The present article investigates influential factors in land sliding phenomena in Qozlu village. According to the investigations and field studies, Qozlu village is located on an old land sliding zone and settlements in southern, western and central village have been damaged due to the activities of ...
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The present article investigates influential factors in land sliding phenomena in Qozlu village. According to the investigations and field studies, Qozlu village is located on an old land sliding zone and settlements in southern, western and central village have been damaged due to the activities of a sliding mass heel. Main factors influencing land slide in Qozlu village include undercutting and elimination of lateral supports by distributaries of Anguran Chay River, increasing discharge of springs along the drift limit of Qare Naz-Qozlu fault, irrigation of gardens in the sliding mass heel and domestic sewage entering the sliding mass and lower permeability horizon of Qom formation Conglomerate.
Musa Malekipour
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 54-58
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Human societies in different geographic ranges have changed their environment to different degrees depending on the techniques, culture and natural gifts they enjoy. Ultimately, their dominance and supremacy on the environment has resulted in the creation of landscapes. Settlements are organized within ...
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Human societies in different geographic ranges have changed their environment to different degrees depending on the techniques, culture and natural gifts they enjoy. Ultimately, their dominance and supremacy on the environment has resulted in the creation of landscapes. Settlements are organized within the framework of human-environment interactions and based on the conditions of natural, economic, social, cultural, political-administrative environment.
This study seeks to analyze the settlement system in Eastern and Western villages of Dehloran city and the interaction between district center and its surrounding villages. In this regard, Eastern and Western villages and their relations with Dehloran city, as the district center, are investigated using natural, economic and humanistic data. Due to this geographical links between city and district, any construction plan in city influence district, and social economic development of the district is also reflected in geographic appearance of the city. These link and relations can be evaluated in different ways. Scientific clarification of spatial distribution and dispersion of rural settlements in the past, present and future conditions are important, since they provide a precise and principled understanding of geographic settlements dispersion and factors influencing population consolidation or immigration in a 10-year period. Dehloran city, as one of rural spaces in the country, face problems and issues like shrinking of rural settlements, villages abandonment, rural population decreasing in Western villages, while rural settlements in eastern parts have developed in size and population and these parts face consolidated and productive villages.
As a step toward strengthening the relations between city and village, the present study has been performed based on the foundations of regional studies approach to identify causes of instability in settlements of Eastern and Western Dehloran and understand their strategic relation considering global tendencies toward dynamic regional management in developed countries.
Siamak Taghizadeh ghaleh jooghi; Manuchehr Masumi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 59-65
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Land forms are always changing because of human activities and natural phenomena. In urban environment, these changes happen with more diversity and speed. As a result, understanding land use changes is essential for optimal urban management. Thus, accessing information regarding land use and its changes ...
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Land forms are always changing because of human activities and natural phenomena. In urban environment, these changes happen with more diversity and speed. As a result, understanding land use changes is essential for optimal urban management. Thus, accessing information regarding land use and its changes over time are among important issues in urban management. Population growth and overusing the earth potential have increased the pressure on environment. Therefore, controlling the trend of urban development is necessary.
Using the new and precise tool of GIS and RS sciences and techniques, satellite images and aerial photos, scholars, researchers and planners can investigate and study environmental and physical changes of the city in different time periods, exploit and analyze data, control and predict urban development trend.
In order to determine level of land use changes in Naqade during 1964-1999, the present article investigate and analyze aerial photos and satellite images in different land uses and land covers in five different classes like residential classes, roads, vegetation, jungles, and surface water. Results were determined and digitalized in different layers for the sake of comparing and analyzing the changes.
Mahbubeh Khosravinejad; Seyyed Eskandar Seydaei; Hosseyn Serami
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 66-69
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In developed societies, a major proportion of the population live in cities and they are immersed in urban life style. Thus, village and rural life is a strange and yet interesting concept for the urban population. This is the main stimulus for changing villages into a tourism attraction. Rural tourism ...
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In developed societies, a major proportion of the population live in cities and they are immersed in urban life style. Thus, village and rural life is a strange and yet interesting concept for the urban population. This is the main stimulus for changing villages into a tourism attraction. Rural tourism is one of the influential factors in the relation between city and village which will have some consequences. Thus, investigating tourism in holiday homes and the mutual relation between city and village is of a significant applied importance.
Seyyed Hojjat Mousavi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 70-76
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Limited and polluted fresh water resources are among the main problems and crisis the world and especially Iran face now and in future. Many natural and human related factors make Iran limited water resources polluted and unusable. One of the main problems of fresh water resources is that different natural ...
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Limited and polluted fresh water resources are among the main problems and crisis the world and especially Iran face now and in future. Many natural and human related factors make Iran limited water resources polluted and unusable. One of the main problems of fresh water resources is that different natural factors make them polluted and salty. Many rivers in Iran have a satisfying water quality at the source of river, but they deteriorate due to some factors in their course or at the estuary. Many natural factors, like salty geological structures, salt domes, long distance and washing sediments of different formations, very high temperature and evaporation, etc. are involved in salinization of these rivers. Because of geological and geographical situations, salt domes are observed in many parts of the country, especially in center, South and North West of Iran, and they can be considered one of the most important factors. Hable rud in Garmsar, Aji Chay (Talkhe rud) in Azarbaijan, Dehrom (One of Rudmand tributary) in Fars, Dalaki and many other rivers face this problem. Every year, tons of salt and sedimentations are being washed from salt domes and formations and enter these rivers, changing the water quality. Implementing some practices, like changing the course of salty water or fresh water, preventing confluence of salty and fresh water rivers, canalizing fresh water rivers, etc. it is possible to revive and restructure these important and rare resources, so that the water will be at least usable for agricultural, industrial and construction projects in upstream and midstream.
Mohammad Rauf Heydarifar
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 77-89
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Globalization is happening and an ambiguous future is approaching. There are controversial perspectives regarding the influence of this process on geographic space. Some try to prove the importance of geography and its influence and sustainability in social life, while others do not predict a bright ...
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Globalization is happening and an ambiguous future is approaching. There are controversial perspectives regarding the influence of this process on geographic space. Some try to prove the importance of geography and its influence and sustainability in social life, while others do not predict a bright future for geography and the concept of territory. Movements unbound to a space, non-territorial entities, organizations and companies bespeak of a new kind of social relation. An emerging phenomena is evolving which will eliminate concepts like space, boundary, territory, district, area, diversity and difference and implies the death or end of geography. Therefore, fundamental investigation in the nature and reality of geography is one of the main critical responsibility of geographers, to which this article seeks to contribute. Neorealism and future studies approach are applied.
Bahman Ramezani; Mohammad Taleghani
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 90-94
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All over the world, coastal areas have always been exploited more than any other area because of their rich resources. Coastal areas are among the most dynamic and productive areas of the world and a context for immerse economic and social activities. On the other hand, population growth and development ...
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All over the world, coastal areas have always been exploited more than any other area because of their rich resources. Coastal areas are among the most dynamic and productive areas of the world and a context for immerse economic and social activities. On the other hand, population growth and development of activities put a lot of pressure on these areas and now coasts face different pollutions and destructions. Iranian coasts are no exception and especially northern coasts have faced different pollutions and land use development much more than their tolerance and strength during last years. Therefore, efforts to correct the dominant procedures and situations began. With the enactment of the fourth development plan (act 63) and its regulation and considering executive mechanisms and executive organization responsibilities, it is possible to organize some of current problems in coasts, and especially northern coasts. This organization must be based on researches and planning in the context of integrative environmental management. Accordingly, the present article briefly address some issues and problems and finally some suggestions are provided.
Rahim Sarvar; Sharareh Nourani
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 95-101
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Theory of sustainable development was proposed in 1970s, and its foundations were implemented gradually by international organizations and national governments. Emphasis on protecting the environment, reducing energy use, preserving environmental values, along with helping local societies in their development ...
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Theory of sustainable development was proposed in 1970s, and its foundations were implemented gradually by international organizations and national governments. Emphasis on protecting the environment, reducing energy use, preserving environmental values, along with helping local societies in their development are among principles emerged in designing and managing hotels and accommodations, so that since 1990s eco-hotel acts as a distinctive brand in the global market and especially in countries with an active economy in tourism. Eco-tourism management with a particular emphasis on “essential preservation for development and essential development for preservation strategy” seeks to play an active role in the realization of sustainable development according to the agenda agreed by governments. Plans implemented in the process of designing and managing by eco-hotel brand have been so significant that other countries now view its principles a special necessity.
The present article seeks to investigate the basic requirements of approaching eco-hotel in Iran. The results of this documentary-analytic study indicate that Iran environmental values and geographic diversity, along with principled utilization of environmental values and creating maximum adaptability between hotels and residences with the characteristics of every place and area requires the application of particular guidelines
Maryam Jaberi
Volume 21, SEPEHR , February 2013, Pages 102-112
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Sand hills are formed by erosion in very large mega-cusps (200 meter along the coast). This erosion is caused by returning currents. In very large mega-cusps, coasts reach their narrowest limit. So progressive waves of huge storms and high tides can reach the claws of the coastal hills undercutting them, ...
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Sand hills are formed by erosion in very large mega-cusps (200 meter along the coast). This erosion is caused by returning currents. In very large mega-cusps, coasts reach their narrowest limit. So progressive waves of huge storms and high tides can reach the claws of the coastal hills undercutting them, which finally results in coastal hills being eroded. Measurements and field observations of dunes, sandy beach and returning current morphology were performed in an 18 kilometer coast line of Monterey Bay in California. This part of sandy coast line is uplifted more than 40 meters due to the spread of sand dunes. Under the cape and toward the gulf center, waves converge due to their breakdown on the Monterey underground canyons and their height increase significantly. Large gradient of wave height in coast length creates a continuous gradient in morphodynamic scale. Thus, strong returning waves and narrow mouth of the bay have resulted in the development of returning currents throughout the coast.
With 95% confidence level, longitudinal coastal changes which happen due to the volume of eroding hills have a significant correlation with longitudinal changes occurring due to coast line cusps. Moreover, longitudinal changes in coasts caused by the cusps in the coast line has a very significant relation with longitudinal changes of the coast in the range of rip currents. Therefore, it is possible to say that very large cusps are related to rip currents and the position of eroding hills is also related to the range of mega-cusps.
