Ecological Capability of Ecotourism in Isfahan Provice (Case Study: Eshkavand Village and Conurbations)

Achieving sustainable development depends on different factors and criteria which should also be harmonized in order to reach targets. In this research “Ecological Capability Evaluation Method” is used to recognize land capability. According to outdoor recreation land use map, there is no land suitability in our study area for “class one of intensive outdoor recreation land use”, also it is suitable for “class two of intensive outdoor recreation land use” and “class one and two of extensive outdoor recreation land use”. “Environmental Impact Assessment Method (checklist)” was used to analyze the environmental impacts of the project. According to the results, the maximum rate of beneficial impacts was related to long term benefits and the range of unbeneficial impacts was at local scale related to long term and reversible impacts. The applied method to gathering the needed social information was “Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)”. Finally local people were enabled to analyze the circumstance of the area and expressed their problems and presented their suggestion to solve the problems of their village. Finally, to codify the plan, the comprehensive analysis of existent situation was completed using “SWOT” matrix.