فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک

فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک

Qeshm Geopark and an Evaluation of its Capabilities for Various Activities

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان
Keramatollah Ziari 1
Abolfazl Mansouri Etminan 2
Majid Golzar 3
1 Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Ph.D Student of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 Ph.D Student of Spatial Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/igq.2024.431873.1825
چکیده
Abstract
The registration of Qeshm Geopark as the first geopark of Iran and the Middle East region in the list of global geoparks by UNESCO along with its natural, cultural, historical, economic, commercial and military capabilities has brought Qeshm Island to a unique position. It has made it have international value in addition to national and regional value. One of the ways to achieve coordinated development with the principles of sustainability and spatial planning is to evaluate the ecological potential of areas; this article examines the potential of using Qeshm Geopark for various activities. The current research has evaluated the potential of Qeshm Geopark in relation to agricultural activities, environmental protection, tourism, urban and commercial development, and industrial development using a systemic perspective and providing an ecological model. In this research, documentary information was collected from available library sources, and in the next step, maps related to the shape of the land in Qeshm Geopark were prepared in the GIS environment, after combining and analyzing the maps and combining them with existing social information ؛Economic information, in the final exploitation capacity of Qeshm Geopark, based on the ecological model of exploitation and using the multi-factor evaluation method, has been investigated at the level of the whole island. The results show that Qeshm Geopark has a suitable and high capacity for tourism development and extensive and concentrated industrial development and lacks sufficient capacity for agricultural development And the ecological potential and urban development and environmental protection has been assessed as moderate.
کلیدواژه‌ها
Qeshm Geopark
Ecological Power
Power Evaluation
Spatial Planning

موضوعات

عنوان مقاله English

Qeshm Geopark and an Evaluation of its Capabilities for Various Activities

نویسندگان English

Keramatollah Ziari 1
Abolfazl Mansouri Etminan 2
Majid Golzar 3
1 Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Ph.D Student of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 Ph.D Student of Spatial Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
چکیده English

Abstract
The registration of Qeshm Geopark as the first geopark of Iran and the Middle East region in the list of global geoparks by UNESCO along with its natural, cultural, historical, economic, commercial and military capabilities has brought Qeshm Island to a unique position. It has made it have international value in addition to national and regional value. One of the ways to achieve coordinated development with the principles of sustainability and spatial planning is to evaluate the ecological potential of areas; this article examines the potential of using Qeshm Geopark for various activities. The current research has evaluated the potential of Qeshm Geopark in relation to agricultural activities, environmental protection, tourism, urban and commercial development, and industrial development using a systemic perspective and providing an ecological model. In this research, documentary information was collected from available library sources, and in the next step, maps related to the shape of the land in Qeshm Geopark were prepared in the GIS environment, after combining and analyzing the maps and combining them with existing social information ؛Economic information, in the final exploitation capacity of Qeshm Geopark, based on the ecological model of exploitation and using the multi-factor evaluation method, has been investigated at the level of the whole island. The results show that Qeshm Geopark has a suitable and high capacity for tourism development and extensive and concentrated industrial development and lacks sufficient capacity for agricultural development And the ecological potential and urban development and environmental protection has been assessed as moderate.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Qeshm Geopark
Ecological Power
Power Evaluation
Spatial Planning
  1. Allahverdizadeh, R; Ghaderi Hajat, M (2024). The Geopolitical Prerequisites Crucial for Empowering Southern Iran’s Coasts to Increase Seapower. Geopolitics Quarterly, 20(73), 215-239. Doi: 10.22034/igq. 2024.434363.1828.
  2. Alizadeh Touli, M; Rahmani, B; Monshizadeh, R; Moridossadat, P; Razavian, M (2021). The requirements of the fulfilment of sustainable employment in the coastal villages at the south of Qeshm Island. The Economy of Space and Urban Development, 10(2), 272-257.
  3. Amanollahpour, A; Nazmfar, H; Ghaffari Gilandeh, A (2019). An investigation of the ecological power of urban development using the ANP method and the fuzzy logic in GIS: the case study of Baharestan, Isfahan. Journal of Studies of Human Settlements Planning, 14(1), 55-74.
  4. Amiri, B; Lotfi, H; Ezzati, E; Shariat Panahi, M (2021). Political, security and economic planning and organization of space in the Persian Gulf region in order to provide a strategic model for Iran's regions; A case study of Qeshm Island, Journal of Geographical Sciences of Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Volume 17, Number 35, Pages 20-41.
  5. Benshams, A; Gandomkar, A; Ataee, H; Saberi, H (2020). An investigation of the trends of changes in temperature and the comfort climate of tourism in Qeshm and Kish islands in the age of global warming. Journal of Geography (Regional Planning), 10(3), 741-765.
  6. Brilha, J (2018). Geoheritage and Geoparks. In Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management; Reynard, E., Brilha, J., Eds.; Elsevier: Chennai, India; pp. 323–335.
  7. Catana, M.M; Brilha, . (2020). The Role of UNESCO Global geoparks in promoting geosciences education for sustainability. Geoheritage, 12, 1.
  8. Darban Astaneh, A; Mohammadzadeh Larijani, F; Esfahani, M; Gholami, A (2021). The role of knowledge-based tourism in the development of local communities: the case study of Qeshm Geopark. Journal of Tourism and Development, 10(1), 189-202.
  9. Dashti, S; Monavvari, M; Hosseini, M; Riyazi, B; Momeni, M (2017). Offering convenient criteria for planning the tourism industry in coastline villages: the case study of Qeshm Island. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 19(4), 295-307.
  10. Dehghan, A; Khormaee, F; Ghanimat, E; Tabatabaee, M (2019). An investigation of the role of ICT in the sustainable ecotourism development of rural area in Qeshm Island. Sustainable Development & Geographic Environment, 1(2), 33-52.
  11. Eftekharifar, Z; Abdolhosseini, M; Farzaneh, M; Momeni, F (2019). An investigation of the organizational factors in the management of water resources and sewage in Qeshm Island. Journal of Water and Sustainable Development, 6(2), 61-68.
  12. Fornaro, A; Fernandes, A (2018). Geoparks: from conception to the teaching of Geosciences, Terræ Didatica, 14(3):330- 338. URL: http://www.ige.unicamp.br/ terraedidatica/.
  13. Frey, M.L (2021). "Geotourism—Examining Tools for Sustainable Development" Geosciences 11, no. 1: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/ geo- sciences11010030.
  14. Ghaderi Hajat M; Golkarami, A (2020). Investigating and Analyzing the Geopolitical Attitude of the High-Level Documents of Spatial Planning in Iran. Geopolitics Quarterly, 16(58), 58-87.
  15. Gerçek, D (2017). A Conceptual Model for Delineating Land Management Units (LMUs) Using Geographical Object-Based Image Analysis, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2017.
  16. Global Geoparks Network. (2022). UNESCO Global Geoparks, 2004-2021, 17 years of collaboration for geo-conservation and sustainable development, globalgeoparksnetwork.org.
  17. Han, J; Wu, F; Tian, M; Li, W (2018). From geopark to sustainable development: Heritage conservation and geotourism promotion in the huangshan UNESCO global geopark (China). Geoheritage, 10, 79–91.
  18. Henriques, M.H; Brilha, J (2017). UNESCO Global Geoparks: A strategy towards global under-standing and sustainability. Episodes, 40, 349–355.
  19. Henriques, M.H; Canales, M.L; García-Frank, A; and et al. (2019). Accessible Geoparks in Iberia: a Challenge to Promote Geotourism and Education for Sustainable Development. Geoheritage 11, 471–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-018-03005.
  20. Islamic Parliament Research Center (2021). Analysis and review of the economic performance of industrial free trade zones of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  21. Jones, C (2022). History of Geoparks; Geological Society: London, UK; Volume 300, pp. 273–277.
  22. Kianinejad, F; Rezaali, M; Chahharrahi, Z (2017). The planning and development of geotourism in Qeshm Island. Physical Geography Quarterly, 10(36), 109-124.
  23. Lechinani, A; Esmaili, F. (2022). Investigating the role of marketing in tourism in free trade zones with an economic development approach; The study area of Qeshm Island, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Geography and Regional Planning, Year 12, Number 2, Pages 343-363.
  24. Lukáˇc, M; Štrba, L’; Cernega, A; Khouri, S (2021). Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia, Land 2021, 10, 1069.
  25. Mabvuto Ngwira, Percy. (2019). A Review of Geotourism and Geoparks: Is Africa Missing this New Mechanism for the Development of Sustainable Tourism? Geoconservation Research, Volume 2/ Issue 1/ pages (26-39).
  26. Makhdoom, M (1993). The basis of Spatial Planning. University of Tehran Publishing and Printing Institute. P. 295.
  27. Mohammadi Ghasrian, S; Zeraee, M (2017). An investigation of the Islamic monuments in Kharbas, Qeshm Island. Quarterly Journal of Persian Gulf Studies, 3(4), 96-105.
  28. Nateghi, S; Bayat, M (2021). Qeshm: Iran's gateway of geotourism. Journal of Iran Nature, 5(6), 87-97.
  29. Nekouee Sadri, B; Ghourchian, N; Mohammaddavoudi, A (2022). The development of a conceptual model to interpret heritages in geoparks based on internationally valid methods. Journal of Tourism and Development, 11(1), 69-85.
  30. Nikolova, V; Sinnyovsky, D (2019). Geoparks in the legal framework of the EU countries. Tour. Manag. Perspect, 29, 141–147.
  31. Pour Ahmad, A; Hamidi, A; Farhadi, E; Hosseinpour, M (2016). Assessing the challenges and opportunities of creating a creative city in free trade zones (case study: Aras Free Trade Zone), Human Settlements Planning Studies Quarterly, Year 11, No. 37, Pages 1-18.
  32. Qeshm Free Area Organization, (2019). Iran.
  33. Rashnoudi, A; Soltani, M; Kordenaeij, A; Hamidizadeh, A (2019). Identifying and explaining the key success factors of the competitiveness of commercial-industrial free zones at the international level based on the grounded theory method; Oceanographic Quarterly, Year 10, Number 38, Pages 111-122.
  34. Rodrigues, J; Neto De Carvalho, C; Mário, R; and et al. (2020), Ana Vinagre, Helena Vinagre, Geoproducts – Innovative development strategies in UNESCO Geoparks: Concept, implementation methodology, and case studies from Naturtejo Global Geopark, Portugal, International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, Volume 9, Issue 1. Pages 108-128.
  35. Saadatifar, R; Zangeneh Asadi, M; Goli Mokhtari, L (2021). The importance of geotourism and a suggestion for geoparks: a priority in the economy of the northwest of Neyshabour (Khorasan Razavi Province). Sustainable Development & Geographic Environment, 3(4), 58-72.
  36. Shamlou, R; Faraji Rad, A (2020). Investigating the political-economic consequences of the tension in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Journal of Politics and International Relations, Volume 3, Number 6, Pages 167-188.
  37. Shayan Yeganeh, A; Zangeneh Asadi, M; Amirahmadi, A (2020). A quantitative evaluation of the geodiversity of the proposed geopark of Khorasan Razavi Province to protect its geological heritage. Geographical Planning of Space Quarterly Journal, 10(36), 77-90.
  38. Shekhar, S; Kumar, P; Chauhan, G; and et al. (2019). Conservation and Sustainable Development of Geoheritage, Geopark, and Geotourism: a Case Study of Cenozoic Successions of Western Kutch, India. Geoheritage11, 1475–1488.
  39. Tabasgeopark (2022). What-is-geopark, https://tabasgeopark.com/what-is-geopark/.
  40. Tabibian, S; Hosseini, Kh; Rezvani, M; Homayoon Nezhad, I (2022). Ecological potential evaluation of the Kan watershed for ecotourism development using AHP and Fuzzy logic in GIS, Environmental Resources Research, 10 (1), 9-22.
  41. The comprehensive plan of the community-based sustainable development of Qeshm: toward an environmental island in the Islamic Repubic of Iran (final report) (Vol. 3). (2019). Qeshm Free Zone Organization.
  42. Tsesmelis, D.E; Karavitis, Ch; and et al. (2022). Evaluating the Degradation of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Environment Using the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index, the Case of Crete Island, Atmosphere 2022, 13, 135. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010135.
  43. (2020a). What Is a UNESCO Global Geopark? Available online: http://www.globalgeopark.org/aboutGGN/6398.htm (accessed on 22 March 2020).
  44. (2020b). Global Geoparks (UGGp). Available online: https://en.unesco.org/global-geoparks (accessed on 22 March 2020).
  45. Unesco-names-18-new-global-geoparks (24 May 2023).
  46. Valigholizadeh, A; Zaki, Y (2011). The strategic importance of the Persian Gulf Bridge in the geo-economic development of Qeshm Azad region, Human Geographical Research Quarterly, Volume 44, Number 4, Pages 222-203.
  47. Valigholizadeh, A; Allahveridizadeh, R (2010). A Geopolitical-Geo-economical Approach to Aras Free Commercial-Industrial Zone. Geopolitics Quarterly, 6(18), 153-181.
  48. Varlamov, A.A; Galchenko, S.A; Zdanova, R.V; Rasskazova, A.A; Borodina, O.B (2020). Assessment of the resource potential of agricultural land use for land management purposes, Earth and Environmental Science 579 (2020) 012143, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012143.
  49. Yarmohammadi, K; Khodabakhshi, Z; Nazarpour Dezaki, A (2018). An evaluation of ecological power for urban development using multicriteria decision-making models: the case study of Ardabil Province. Journal of Geography and Environmental Studies, 7(28), 61-74.
  50. Zahmatkesh Marami, H; Hosseinzadeh, M; Sadough, H; Ravanan, N; Mahmoudi, F (2017). Geomorphotourism and the evaluation of the geomorphosites of Qeshm Geopark by the Pereira method. Journal of Geography (Regional Planning), 8(1), 251-263.
  51. Zangeneh Asadi, M; Saadatifar, R; Goli Mokhtari, L (2020). AN investigation of the effects of highland geomorphosites on the development of tourism: the case study of the northwest of Neyshabour - the City of Turquoise. Journal of the Geographical Studies of Mountainous Areas, 1(4), 69-87.
  52. Ziari, K; Omranzadeh (2008). A Study of Global Experiences in the Field of Creation and Development of Geo-parks, Proceedings of the First Iranian Geo-Tourism Conference, Geological Survey of Iran, pp. 117-127.
  53. Ziari, K (2003). Urban Land Use Planning, Yazd University Press, Yazd.
  54. Ziari, K; Rokhsari, H (2019). Prioritizing and categorizing tourist attractions based on tourists' preferences, case study: Yazd city, urban tourism scientific research quarterly, Volume 6, Number 3, September 2019, Page 17-31 Iran.
فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک
دوره 20، شماره 2
تابستان 1403
صفحه 323-349

  • تاریخ دریافت 01 دی 1402
  • تاریخ بازنگری 09 بهمن 1402
  • تاریخ پذیرش 03 اسفند 1402