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International Waters – Delivering Results
This publication is the fourth in a series of knowledge publications prepared by the UNDP-GEF International Waters programme that document and highlight key results and achievements at the project and portfolio level, comprising four ‘signature’ programme areas: Large Marine Ecosystems; Lakes, Rivers and Aquifers; Integrated Water Resources and Coastal Area Management; and Global Programmes. The portfolio continues to make progress in sustaining the world’s most significant shared water systems for the billions of people who depend on these ecosystems for their livelihoods and security
Integrated Coastal Tourism Zone Management (ICTZM) as a basis for sustainable development of the south coastline of the Caspian Sea
635-646<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
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Coastal Tourism Zone Management (ICTZM) plan regarded simultaneously social, cultural and economical criteria along with spatial planning
in terms of environmental capabilities to
overcome the various problems., Areas with tourism potentiality
owing less<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
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vulnerability<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
" times="" new="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en"="" lang="EN"> were identified using Fuzzy and
Boolean logics in the environment of IDRISI KILIMANJARO Software. Thereafter a
strategic planning for tourism management was presented for the selected zones
using SWOT Method. Based on the country’s macro policies
for tourism industry, an Integrated Coastal Tourism Zone Management (ICTZM)
framework was provided in the form of a conceptual model. Results revealed that the main
strategy to implement the sustainable coastal tourism in the study area should be based on a conservative
approach and<span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN" lang="EN"> after the<span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN" lang="EN"> improvement in the conditions; the
development and construction strategy can be executed in the coastal zone.
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