Recreation assessment with enhanced systematic model and GIS (Case study: Shourab forest park-Khoramabad)

In this study، suitable areas in the Shourab forest park were identified for intensive and extensive outdoor recreation using five ecological parameters (slope، aspect، height، soil and vegetative cover). The result showed that 46. 447، 14. 244، and 515. 401 hectares of park area have the ability of class 1 extensive outdoor recreation potential، class 2 extensive outdoor recreation potential، and class 2 intensive outdoor recreation potential respectively. Besides it was determined that one of the problems caused increasing rudeness in park nature was absence of attention to all effective factors (water resources and recreation facilities) in assigning to outdoor recreation potential of the park. Therefore questionnaire and oral interview were used for evaluation of visitor''s suitable usage of outdoor recreation sites. In order to preparing of water resources and park facilities'' map، all area related to water resources and park facilities were identified and recorded using GPS. Result showed people usage of the park have not conformed to classification plan. It was also showed that outdoor recreation has a direct relation to water resources، facilities، and tourism charisma of the park. Therefore، these factors were intersected as positive informational layers with primary recreation capability map and a final recreation capability map was obtained based on those factors. The final results showed that despite the high efficiency of conventional method، due to the lack of consideration of all the factors affecting on outdoor recreation، other information layers (for example water recourses and recreation facilities) are also required in addition to ecological factors. In the last stage according to plan of final outing power، the map of development possibility was prepared in the park. The results of these maps showed that based on spatial extent for promoting regional outing based on spaciousness there are seven and three properties for first and second degree focused classes respectively.