Evaluating the ecotourism potentials of Naharkhoran area in Gorgan using remote sensing and geographic information system

Jafar Oladi; Delavar Bozorgnia

doi:10.1117/12.860095

25 October 2010 Evaluating the ecotourism potentials of Naharkhoran area in Gorgan using remote sensing and geographic information system

Jafar Oladi, Delavar Bozorgnia

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Proceedings Volume 7831, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications; 783114 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860095
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Ecotourism may be defined as voluntary travels to intact natural areas in order to enjoy the natural attractions as well as to get familiar with the culture of local communities. The main factor contributing to inappropriate land uses and natural resource destruction is overaggregation of ecotourists in some specific natural areas such as forests and rangelands; while other parts remain unvisited due to the lack of a proper propagation about those areas. Evaluating the ecotourism potentials of each area would lead to a wider participation of local people in natural resource conservation activities. In order to properly introduce the ecotourism potential areas, at first, we carried out land preparation practices using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) techniques; then, the maps of height, slope and orientation were produced using the digital elevation model (DEM) of the study area. Afterwards, we overlaid these maps and the ecotourism potential areas were identified on the map. These specified areas were classified into two land uses of mass and alternative ecotourism, with three subclasses (including class1, class2 and an inappropriate class) considered for each land use. To classify the image, the training areas determined on the ground using a GPS device (Ground Positioning System) were transferred on the RS image. Subsequently, the ecotourism potential areas were determined using a hybrid method. At the final phase, these areas were compared with the areas determined on the ecotourism potential map; as a result of this comparison, the overlaid ecotourism potential areas were distinguished on the Geographic information System.

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Jafar Oladi and Delavar Bozorgnia "Evaluating the ecotourism potentials of Naharkhoran area in Gorgan using remote sensing and geographic information system", Proc. SPIE 7831, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, 783114 (25 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860095

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