Ecotourism zoning in protected areas using Gis

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-683

  Ohadi, Sara ^a   Dorbeiki, Mazdak ^b   Bahmanpour, Hooman ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; GIS; Jahannama protected area; Zoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879650838     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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