Evaluation of the recreational capability and designing of the woodsy promenade
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Evaluation of the recreational capability and designing of the woodsy promenade Mehri Mahmoudkhani1 · Jahangir Feghhi1 · Majid Makhdoum1 · Omid Bahmani2 Received: 14 December 2019 / Accepted: 13 August 2020 © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract The importance and role of vegetation on the ecological structure and urban environment is well known. The general theme of this research was maintaining, equipping, and improving the area for recreational use, connecting ecological urban forest network, and maintaining green belt continuity of Tehran for limiting the urban sprawl. At first, we surveyed the ecological and socio-economic resources. Then, the data were integrated to depict mapping unit. In these homogeneous units, the interaction of ecological resources was classified by varied typed. On the basis of surveyed resources, special model of area based on general model of ecotourism (the Iranian model of Makhdoum) was prepared. According to the designated model, the ecological capability evaluation was conducted for ecotourism use. From the levels of 40,400 ha on southern aspects of Alborz mountains of Tehran (and based on an ecological capability evaluation model) intensive recreation capability of class 2, extensive recreation capability of class 1, and extensive recreation capability of class 1 were classified (1309 ha, 1802 ha and 28,275 ha, respectively). To determine the appropriate area for allocation to the forest recreation, zoning was performed. Detailed mapping was carried out. Then, the area was allocated with 28 ha for design. After the execution of popular lookout and determination of the relative quality of views in the designated area, design of specific site with considering the ecological, social, cultural, and ecological aspects of landscapes was conducted. The programming in the frame of a management plan was founded and a proposed program was presented. Keywords Ecological capability evaluation · Ecotourism · Environmental unit · Green belt · Special model
* Jahangir Feghhi [email protected] 1
Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Department of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism, Jahad Water and Energy Research Company, Tehran, Iran
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1 Introduction Today, recreational areas with different facilities and characteristics have been created within and outside the urban areas, and tourists from all over the world are interested in visiting and using recreational places and facilities (MichaeliTabrizi 2004). Differences in the physical, biological, cultural, and historical characteristics of the countries are one of the main causes of people’s tendency for receiving touch experience from them and they constitute the basis of tourism industry as an important source of earning income for any country. Through spatial planning, forest is classified for different uses. Therefore, spatial planning provides a good pattern for sustainable development of the forests. Forests because of high diversity act as a major
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