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Evaluation of the visual quality of Bagh Shadi Forest protected area (Khatam city)
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Azam Harati   , Tahereh Ardakani * , Malihe Erfani , Akram Bemani Kharanegh |
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Introduction: the topic of landscape is an essential element to attract tourists in relation to tourism, and as one of the important national resources, it is a cultural and natural heritage whose beauty is appreciated and its visual features are an important contribution to the identity of the area and the sense of place. It can help people enjoy the natural environment around them, attract investment and help the economic and social progress of the region.
Materials & Methods: Understanding the aesthetic values of the environment is beyond the process of identifying visual and non-visual signs. For this purpose, that’s can be identified or modeled through mapping layers and the computational capabilities of the GIS, which is actually a type of objective evaluation. In this research, Bagh Shadi Forest of Khatam city was selected because of its unique features in Yazd province, and the objective evaluation of the landscape of this area was done using a multi-criteria evaluation method. This method includes six stages of goal determination, selection of criteria, standardization of factors, weighting of factors, and combination of criteria using the WLC procedure, and in the final stage, to separate the areas with higher visual value, it was done with the site select command.
Results: In this research, 14 ecological criteria were extracted by literature review and experts’ opinions, some of them in the form of standard fuzzy desirability criteria and by weighting their impact factor in the order of slope, precipitation, temperature, vegetation density, peak. rivers, springs, land use, geology, roads, villages, wells, aqueducts and mines were extracted and some of them were entered into the model in the form of Boolean constraints and finally, 7 suitable zones with visual quality value were extracted (wlc) procedure and site selection. Zone 7 with the highest numerical value (203) was extracted in the northernmost part of the area and the lowest zone with numerical value (168) was extracted in the southernmost part of the area.
Conclusion: According to do the method, by taking into account the objective point of view and using statistical and mathematical techniques, a logical connection between the elements of the landscape and the visual preference of the viewers in area was established, so that by suggesting suitable places from The tourism aspect helped the management of the region to spread the flexible conservation approach and subsequently involve the local people in conservation along with wise use. |
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| Keywords: Landscape, Bagh Shadi forest, Weighted linear combination (WLC), Multi-criteria evaluation, site selection |
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Type of Study: Review |
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Received: 2025/10/29 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | Published: 2025/12/2
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