Mohammad Reza Sarvati; Reza Mansoori
Volume 22, Issue 88 , January 2014, , Pages 81-91
Abstract
With the development of new science, two quite different methods were applied to reach scientific explanation. There is an explicit distinction between these two methods (induction and analogy). In induction, generalization is reached by experience and observation. Final explanation is generally dependent ...
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With the development of new science, two quite different methods were applied to reach scientific explanation. There is an explicit distinction between these two methods (induction and analogy). In induction, generalization is reached by experience and observation. Final explanation is generally dependent on the available data, in a way that these facts cannot be separated from the final theory. Classification is a key mechanism in this approach. Thus, the proposed explanation depends on the classification method used and also on the available data and concepts used for data classification. Analogy can be considered a cause for the new research trends in geomorphology. By using analogy to explain research topics, geomorphology has become explicitly “scientific”. This requires adaptation of quantitative and mathematical techniques and establishing experience and observation as foundations of this science. With the beginning of quantitative geomorphology and its development, attention to the explanation of geomorphological processes and the performance of such processes have increased. Using theory of systems as the general structure of explanation is an important feature of scientific geomorphological revolution. Systematic approach presents the general structures in which geomorphological models can be adapted. Chorli (1966) explains the main branches of geomorphological activities as follows: field observations, experimental, secondary research and theoretical works.
Ezzatollah Ghanavati; Reza Mansouri; Seyyed Abdolsalam Heydari
Volume 22, Issue 86 , June 2013, , Pages 29-41
Abstract
Coastal Zones have been one of the most populated areas on the Earth.Nowadays, abut 60 percent of the Population lives in costal zones. In most coastal countries, cities in the coasts have high population density. In respect to the highly populated costal areas and human’s exploitation of their ...
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Coastal Zones have been one of the most populated areas on the Earth.Nowadays, abut 60 percent of the Population lives in costal zones. In most coastal countries, cities in the coasts have high population density. In respect to the highly populated costal areas and human’s exploitation of their gifts on the one hand, and the fact that 1/3 of world population reside on these areas on the other, the significance of further exploration and examination of these areas comes into figure. It is true abut Iran which has a long coastal line including the Caspian Sea, Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf. Thus the importance of the various problems caused by different factors, natural and human-created on the coasts, requires the use of new technologies to the integrated management and sustainable develop ment of these areas in line with the system perspective to action. Based on different scopes, different method of are available for the classifications of beaches. Smartline format has been used and refined during 2007-2009 to create a detailed nationally consistent coastal geomorphic )landform( map of Australia, by combining data from over 200 prior map ped data sources. The Coastal Smartline Geomorhic and Stability Map of Australia was compiled in the first instance for use in assessment of Australia’s coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise and climate change by the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Geosience Australia. Accordingly, this paper exploits this method for mapping the coastal zones of Iran.
