The selection of suitable sites for tourist settlement by GIS with emphasis ecotourism in Southern Part of Caspian Sea

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3894-3899

  Esalmi, A ^a   Roshani, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Centralize sites; GIS; Guilan Province; Overly; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ACCESS ROADS; CASPIAN SEA; CENTRALIZE SITES; ECO-TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; ECO-TOURISMS; GUILAN PROVINCE; OVERLY; SOUTHERN CASPIAN SEA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 70350369678     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.3894.3899     Document Type: Article

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