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Biblioteca Land-use planning of Minoo Island, Iran, towards sustainable land-use management

Land-use planning of Minoo Island, Iran, towards sustainable land-use management

Land-use planning of Minoo Island, Iran, towards sustainable land-use management

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Date of publication
Diciembre 2011
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AGRIS:US201500003822
Pages
304-315

Land-use planning is one aspect of sustainable development that determines the integrity of socioeconomic and ecological nuance. Land evaluation is an approach to sustainable land-use planning, which predicts the capability of the land-use system. This means that a specific land area should be under specific use, considering certain factors and characteristics of the land and its location. In other words, lack of proper information on land capability and rational and irrational use of land leads to destruction of land resources. This paper discusses the findings of ecological and socioeconomic resource issues for Minoo Island and the surrounded zone. The study covers an area of about 172km² in southwest Iran. To establish environmental unit maps, digital layer maps of the soil texture were overlapped. The study empirically established that the area has the capability to accommodate ‘levels two’ urban and industrial development. Moreover, Minoo Island is considered to have potential for conservation and ecotourism, with a 60% potentiality for dryland farming.

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Kaffashi, Sara
Yavari, Mandana

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