Geography (Regional Planning)
Year:2017 | Volume:7 | Issue:4|Papers Count:12

The present research, with emphasis on strategic planning approach, seeks to elaborate executive strategies and Effective for sustainable development of tourism industry of Kavir Shahdad. Due to its capabilities and valuable resources, this region has the ability to turn into tourist attractions And with accurate and efficient planning, it can be introduced as a tourist destination in the country. In this regard, the strategic planning approach is able to turn the region's resources into attractions and tourism activities. As a result, there are potential positive effects, including increased employment, increased social welfare of the people of the region, Preserving and developing existing resources, historical and natural resources of the region. In the first step, interviews and surveys were carried out through a questionnaire from experts, officials and administrators of the tourism sector in Kahir Shahdad area. In the second step, data and information are analyzed using content analysis and SWOT analysis, which is a strategic orientation. Then, using the external and internal evaluation matrix toidentify the expected impacts of the region Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix QSPM is classified and prioritized tourism development strategies of Kavir Shahdad Area The results of the surveys and calculations show that the region faces the opportunity for the tourism sector in the external environment with the opportunity and the internal environment. Therefore, it has a very high capacity to develop and enhance its tourism capacity to become a developed tourism destination.

Social capital is a continuity key of citizenship life. Lack of social capital is a vital hindrance of formation of a potent, efficient and accountable urban management. Thus, main purpose of this paper is to evaluate and prioritize currently available social capital in 11districts of Bonab city. Type of research is applied and it is based on descriptive analytic approach.Total inhabitants of the 11 districts of the city were 84656 subjects and all of them went under study. A questionnaire was used for data collection, also, we randomly selected 500 subjects by using Cochran’s formula, AHP, and TOPSIS& GIS models were implemented for data analysis. Obtained results of different implementation stages of the Topsis model illustrate a clear difference in rating process of social capital in 11 districts of Bonab city.The districts named Zargaran, Dash Korpi, Koocheh Qom, Mehrabad and Khanom Baghi are inhibited by higher socioeconomic inhabitants and they have more desirable structures rather than other districts. The districts named Gezosht, Tangeh Koocheh Gharbi, and Tangeh Koocheh Sharghi have the least and lowest ratios of social capital respectively, namely, 0.3685, 0.3689, and 0.3877. Also, their indices of security and dependability are low, so, they need security plans, extensive supervision, publicity and cultural development to enhance dependability and public participation.

Recognition of the most effective governmental and administrative methods in rural areas is considered of the most importance suggested to enforce the rural government and the main government to meet needs of the people. This study aimed at explaining the factors affecting rural good governance with emphasizes rural managers in Chaipare Bala County in Zanjan Township). Type of research is functional and methodology is descriptive-analytic. Data gathered by library and field search like questionnaire and interview.For analyzing data, we use descriptive analysis (mean, deviation, variance), and extraction statistic (Pearson correlation variable, single sample T.test, Kendal test). Required data is gathered using the sampling and completing questionnaire from head of rural households. According to Cochran formula the necessary number of sample is 160 head of rural households. Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated equal to, %74. The findings show that the level of satisfaction of people from the rural manager (Dehyar) is not in good condition.

Demand for ecotourism caused a comprehensive planning and paying attention to the environment and preventing from its destruction, to be a necessary case. Ecotourism development principles in the desert regions, due to the special features of these regions and fragile ecosystems include the distinctive factors and standards that are more focused on the effects of natural environment for tourism. Our studied region in Yazd province located at the center of Iran with extent of 131000 km2 is the third great province of Iran where 65 % of it is composed of desert regions. In this paper, our most important question was this that "what are the appropriate indexes and criteria of measuring the sustainable ecotourism in the dry and desert regions?" and also "what is the process of identifying the appropriate indexes and criteria of ecotourism?". This paper introduced the appropriate indexes and criteria to measure the progress toward the sustainability in the ecotourism in the desert regions by a survey based and descriptive and analytical method and feedback from the experts in Delphi method. Results of the research were examined based on the T-TEST assumed in the level of 5%. Finally, 64 cases were introduced which in the meantime 28 cases of them for assessing the environment sustainability, and 17 cases of them for assessing the economic sustainability and 19 cases of them were introduced in the desert regions that were in accordance with Iran and ecosystems of these regions.

Urban Good Governance based on participatory planning is today the dominant aspect of modern urban management in the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate, evaluate and prioritize urban governance elements, from the viewpoint of Bukan urban management activists in West Azarbaijan province. The research method in this paper was descriptive-analytical and based on documentary and survey surveys. The required research data was collected through a researcher-made questionnaire and a hierarchical analysis method was used to conduct the required analyzes and prioritize the indicators. This study draws on the principles of good governance provided by global organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank and international theorists, participatory, accountability, transparency, rule of law, effectiveness-efficiency, and accountability. Have been analyzed. Finally, a prioritization of existing indicators and criteria was done using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results obtained from the analysis, evaluation and prioritization of the data show that the responsibility index in rank 1, participation in rank 2, effectiveness - efficiency in grade 3, accountability in rank 4, rule of law in grade 5 and Transparency is at 6th place.

One of the most important limiting factors of human activities in southern half of Iran, especially coasts, is the climatic sultry. The aim of this study is to determine the first sultry day, the last sultry day, duration of sultry period, duration of non-sultry period, and sultry frequency with 95% probability in southern half of Iran. Therefore, hourly data of vapor pressure for a 15-years term (1995-2009) relating to 13 synoptic stations was used. Its worthy of note that in this study, the sultry day is defined as a day in which in one of the 8 daily scouts’ vapor pressure is about 18.8 Hpa.Results have indicated that in the southern half of Iran with 95% probability, the earliest sultry day takes place in Chabahar station on January 3rd and the latest one occurs in Kerman station on July 29th. The latest date of the last sultry day is in Chabahar station on December 28th and the earliest one is in Fasa station on August 19th. The longest sultry period belongs to coastal stations in Chabahar (359days), Bandar abbas (353days), Boushehr (298days), and Abadan (260days) and the shortest one with 16, 17, and 29days belongs to Shiraz, Kerman, and Fasa stations, respectively.Spatial frequency distribution of sultry days shows as stations latitude increases, their frequency decrease. In this manner, frequency of sultry days in south-east of Iran is much more than that in south-west.

Tourism services and facilities as one of the most basic forms of supply in leisure and recreation industry provide the most income content for the host communities after the transport industry and tourists' movement in interval-international area. Considering the experience in developing domestic and foreign tourism purposes shows that industries emanated in this area that in their tourism product-supply system are equipped with an organized and capable system in terms of tourism facilities and services especially in commercial and residential facilities. Competition for sustainable development of urban tourism according to the tourists' needs in addition to strengthening the participation of private sectors and citizens in meeting these needs, also creating different substrate-planning platforms in this field should be important and planned in tourism executive management. The current study is done according to its functional goal and its nature and descriptive-analytical method. The data collection methods in this study are library and field ones.In this regard, the data were gathered using a questionnaire. For analyzing data, SPSS 18 software, T-test analysis, Pearson correlation test and Regression test were used. The results show that there is+0.417 percent relation and correlation between the capability and attractiveness of Omid commercial-residential places in Mashhad and its tourism which shows a direct relationship between the two variables. Then, the Regression analysis was used on the impacts of each indicator in this correlation. The test results showed that physical and spatial indicators had the highest impact factor among all the targeted indicators in this study. The other indicators are effective in the study with the Beta 0.219 for profile and activity index, Beta 0.315 for environmental index, Beta 0.116 for cultural-social index and Beta 0.107 for perceptual and cognitive index.

The decayed area of city constitute a significant part of the territory of many cities in Iran, which is due to their particular problems forcing them out of urban sprawl and have become problematic sections of cities. These areas, in addition to the physical problems, social qualities and dimensions, economic, cultural and urban spaces have also degraded, disrupting human presence in urban spaces. Identification of these urban areas and prioritization of intervention zones in order to apply rational and appropriate solutions that promote the quality of urban spaces in these areas is essential.The present article aimed to evaluation and prioritization of the intervention zone in the central district of Tabriz (Municipality district 8) by descriptive-analytical and survey method. For this purpose, 378 questionnaires were districted among the households of district 8. Using the one-way analysis of variance and the difference between the averages of these neighborhoods the economic, social and physical indicators have been evaluated. And the Copeland technique for prioritizing the final textures of the central tissues has been used in terms of three indicators. The results of this study indicated that the central district of Tabriz city is different in different dimensions of physical, social and economic. And according to Copeland Technique, the rhythm of Maghsoudieh neighborhood is in first order to interfere with decayed fabric in terms of economic, social and physical criteria. And the Tapalibagh neighborhood at the second level and the neighborhood of Karabagh third are located.

City in 20th century is knowing as one of the greatest achievement in culture and civilization, and widespread phenomenon. In spite of passing two decays of planning and processing about urban complexes, government are failed to reaching a appropriate plan for urban complexes. The important reason of this failure is not considering about researches and power structure and government. The goal of this paper is comparative urban management in Tehran and London and empower the mangers therefore unique urban management and knowing the weak points of urban management. This paper is picked up of comparative analysis of quality analysis. research method is analytical descriptive information are picked up from library and documents. As a result, this paper is considered applicable paper. The biggest problems of Tehran municipality are internal in consisting municipality many of urban services such as piping for parks are done whit no harmony to technical and traffic department and this cases lots of costs and human resources are getting busy more than one time. Totally we can say to prevent above problems we need to entrust suitable empowers to urban management.

Today the fields of geo-tourism consider as one of the most forerunners in the world which is growing activities among different forms of tourism, one of the most scientific and attractive are known. According to importance of this subject, in these study for analyze the Geo-tourism condition of Karaftou cave in Kurdestan, SWAOT and FASSOULAS models were used. Therefore this study is applicable in purpose and the method is descriptive and analytical. In this regard at first, according to expert opinion, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Karaftou geosite were known and by using SWOT matrix, practical policies determined. At second step by using FASSOULAS assessment method, six values that exist in this method, analyzed for cave environment. Results show that according to earn points by internal factors matrix (3.54) and external factor matrix (3.69), aggressive / competitive is appropriate strategy for this cave and it is necessary and it is necessary in areas such as the development of sports facilities and encouraging private sector investment in this area should be done. Among evaluated values in FASSOULAS approach, scientific values obtained special scores which show this factor has high importance in development and tourist attraction in this area. Compilation of this result with the strategies derived from the matrix this area can be turned into one of the poles of geo-tourism country.

Today, the development of tourism as a sustainable income model in the countries of the world is very important. In the meantime, due to the sensitivities that it has, it is very fragile and it is necessary to take appropriate measures to ensure its stability. Attention to political security and its constructive indicators is one of the most important factors that can make a boom or stagnation of this activity. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of analyzing political security indicators in the development of tourism industry in Mazandaran province. The present research is a descriptive-analytical study for internal goals and is considered as an applied research for external purposes. Survey methods (interviews and questionnaires), surveys and field observations and documentary studies have been used to collect required data. In the data analysis section, efforts have been made to achieve more comprehensive and comprehensive results by analyzing each of the indices and sub-indices by combining the data types. In this regard, SPSS software and Spearman correlation and path analysis (KMO tests and Bartlett test) were used. The results of the data analysis indicate that since the KMO index is 0.813 (close to 1), the number of samples for the factor analysis is sufficient. Also, the value of sig of the Bartlett test is less than 5%, which indicates that the factor analysis is appropriate for identifying the structure, factor model. According to factor analysis, seven main variables of political security impact on tourism development in Mazandaran province include security (v1), housing (v2), media and communication (v3), human resources (v4), external relations (v5), performance Government and oversight institutions (v6), political institutionalization (v7), two factors were identified as the main factor that both were human and social and institutional and structural factors. Factor analysis shows that the variables of security, media and communication, housing, and human resources are named under the first factor, which is named after the human and social agent. Foreign exchange variables, the functioning of government institutions and regulatory and institutional institutions under the second factor, which are The name of the structural and institutional agent is named.