VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WALKING TRACKS IN NATURAL RECREATIONAL AREA USING SUBJECTIVE APPROACH (CASE STUDY: ZIARAT BASIN, GORGAN)

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SAEIDI SEPIDEH; MOHAMMADZADEH MARJAN; SALMANMAHINY ABDOLRASSOUL; MIRKARIMI SEYED HAMED

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Journal: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Year:2017 | Volume:19 | Issue:1 (72) Page(s): 79-93

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VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WALKING TRACKS IN NATURAL RECREATIONAL AREA USING SUBJECTIVE APPROACH (CASE STUDY: ZIARAT BASIN, GORGAN)

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SAEIDI SEPIDEH | MOHAMMADZADEH MARJAN | SALMANMAHINY ABDOLRASSOUL | MIRKARIMI SEYED HAMED | Issue Writer Certificate

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AESTHETIC PREFERENCESQ1

VISITORSQ1

ZIARAT WATERSHED WALKING TRACKSQ1

QUESTIONNAIREQ1

SPSSQ1

Abstract

Background and Objective: Nowadays, landscape would be regarded as one of the main elements of identity, existence, stability of the environment and a connector between the environment and its users. In this regard, landscape and its relationship with people perception are very momentous.Analysis of the relationships between visual quality and structural characteristics of landscape is an effective method in cognitive researches. In general, studies which are performed based on the aesthetic criteria of landscape not only are searching about the beauty or excellence of landscapes but also are looking for the users' AESTHETIC PREFERENCES. In this study the goal is to prioritize walking tracks of Ziarat basin from the point of cognitive and aesthetic value by using conceptual approach.Method: For this purpose, field survey of walking tracks was conducted to take photographs and mark the viewpoints. Finally a QUESTIONNAIRE survey was developed to investigate the landscape preference which ordinal classification was used in it. QUESTIONNAIREs were distributed between 217 of VISITORS.Data which obtained from QUESTIONNAIREs were analyzed by using SPSS software.Findings: The results showed that the walking tracks of the study area are totally different from the point of visual quality and due to visitor preference, Talambar walking tracks has attached the first priority and Sefid cheshmeh has attached the last priority.Discussion and Counclusion: The results of this paper would lead to introduce preferable walking tracks and special view points and landscape of each walking tracks. The results could also help the managers to develop more beautiful trails, and to design and construct sightseeing places along the trails for VISITORS.

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SAEIDI, SEPIDEH, MOHAMMADZADEH, MARJAN, SALMANMAHINY, ABDOLRASSOUL, & MIRKARIMI, SEYED HAMED. (2017). VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WALKING TRACKS IN NATURAL RECREATIONAL AREA USING SUBJECTIVE APPROACH (CASE STUDY: ZIARAT BASIN, GORGAN). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 19(1 (72)), 79-93. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/87031/en

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SAEIDI SEPIDEH, MOHAMMADZADEH MARJAN, SALMANMAHINY ABDOLRASSOUL, MIRKARIMI SEYED HAMED. VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WALKING TRACKS IN NATURAL RECREATIONAL AREA USING SUBJECTIVE APPROACH (CASE STUDY: ZIARAT BASIN, GORGAN). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY[Internet]. 2017;19(1 (72)):79-93. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/87031/en

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SEPIDEH SAEIDI, MARJAN MOHAMMADZADEH, ABDOLRASSOUL SALMANMAHINY, and SEYED HAMED MIRKARIMI, “VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WALKING TRACKS IN NATURAL RECREATIONAL AREA USING SUBJECTIVE APPROACH (CASE STUDY: ZIARAT BASIN, GORGAN),” JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 19, no. 1 (72), pp. 79–93, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/87031/en

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