نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشگاه تربیت مدرس
2 گروه جغرافیا دانشکده علوم جغرافیایی دانشگاه اصفهان
3 دانشگاه دامغان
4 مرکز تحقیقات کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی اصفهان
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
The assessment methods developed in previous years focused mainly on geosites and their scientific quality, and later additional values. In this study Geosite Assessment Model due to further compliance with the region is used for assessment of Geomorphosites. The Geosite Assessment Model (GAM) was created according to several existing evaluation methods and most of the criteria proposed for the numerical assessment were taken from extant literature on the field. GAM proposes main and additional values. The first group, main values, comprises three indicators: scientific/educational, scenic/aesthetical and protection values. The second indicator group of the geosite assessment model, additional values, is further divided in to two indicators, functional and touristic values. The result of the study shows that desert national park with a score of (18.75) is more important than other Geomorphosites. The results of the assessment indicate that the desert Geomorphosites of semnan province have significant main values, but low additional values, so they could be considered only as potential tourist attractions in terms of their scientific/educational and aesthetic/scenic values. Further steps should involve improving and supplementing the essential geotouristic infrastructure.Geotourism is a new approach to explain the earth planet and its natural capital. In addition to educational and scientific roles, it can cause to development of regional tourism and offer strategies for sustainable development in the geotourism sites. (Anifi et al, 1388, 38).Geomorphotourism is an approach that emphasizes on the use of geomorphological and geological features and their ability with a focus on saving these features and forms and sustainable use of them (Reynard, 2008: 226). This approach also places an emphasis on maintaining the geographical identity (Ranjbar, 1388) and referring to relationship between geotrourism and historic - cultural signs and reminders (De Waele and Melis, 2009: 578 ؛Panizza and Piacente, 2008) and also interactions between geomorphology and tourism
کلیدواژهها [English]
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