Evaluation of ecotourism potential in the northern coastline of the Persian Gulf

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 681-686

  Nouri, Jafar ^a   Danehkar, Afshin ^b   Sharifipour, Rozita ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Graduate School of the Environment and Energy   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bushehr; Coastal area; Ecology criteria; Persian Gulf; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

BUSHEHR; COASTAL AREA; ECO TOURISMS; ECOLOGICAL SITES; ECOLOGY CRITERIA; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; PERSIAN GULF; QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOURISM INDUSTRY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 48349117972     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1018-x     Document Type: Article

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