The Aquiferous Basin Use in the Area of Dohezar, Tonekabon, with the Purpose of Developing the Eco-Tourism by Using the Multi-Criterion Decision Making Models

Obtaining the sustainable development has several preconditions of which the most important one is determining territories’ use based on the land use programming. Therefore, the present study was conducted in an area of 7181 hectares in the aquiferous basin of Dohezar, Tonekabon, with the capability of tourism use for both the concentrated and unconcentrated, and by using the multi-criterion assessment model. In the method of multi- criterion assessment, all indexes measured in the linear model were taken into consideration. After the formation of decision- making matrix and the giving-weight process, in addition to determining the best choice with circumferential life units, for each kind of recreation, the determined ranks of choices were classified, then circumferential life units were classified based on the rank they had received for the tourism talent. Finally, the talent map of this area for the use of recreation was prepared in both concentrated and unconcentrated forms, The results showed that the concentrated circumferential life method No.2 in an area of about 6.907 hectares is considered to be as the best choice for the concentrated recreation, and circumferential life unit No.1 in an area of about 302.411 hectares is considered to be as the best choice for unconcentrated one. At the end, the area classification map of tourism use was provided separately in detail for both the concentrated and unconcentrated tourisms.