introduction although the concept of ecotourism as the ideal of environmental protection and sustainable development is based on the global current the role of human interference in the nature is more than that of natural conditions. because of this, there is still a vulnerable stability condition. other scholars including carter and caudal are in doubt about tourism and environmental sustainab...

takab-e afshar in the north – west of iran. it is in a mountainous area near the cities of dandi in zanjan, and takab in west azerbaijan, lies a complex of historical and natural properties among which stands the world heritage properties of takht-e soleyman with all its features. the present protective buffers for this site have been defined without considering the natural and cultural landsca...

Today, ecotourism is a major tourist activity around the world. It is based on environment potential through which suitable utilization and conservation of sites under management practices including considering accurate planning, potential, and peoples’ preferences are realized. The present study was conducted to determine people’s recreational preferences using questionnaires to evaluate the e...

Today, ecotourism is a major tourist activity around the world. It is based on environment potential through which suitable utilization and conservation of sites under management practices including considering accurate planning, potential, and peoples’ preferences are realized. The present study was conducted to determine people’s recreational preferences using questionnaires to evaluate the e...

This paper and its successor examine the gap between ecotourism theory as revealed in the literature and ecotourism practice as indicated by its on-site application. A framework is suggested which, if implemented through appropriate management, can help to achieve a balance between conservation and development through the promotion of synergistic relationships between natural areas, local popul...

background musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are common problems among nurses and are associated with many underlying occupational factors. objectives the aim of the study was to evaluate msds in nurses regarding psychosocial stress status at work. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, all nurses who worked at semnan city hospitals in 2011 were enrolled. musculoskeletal symptoms an...

This study was conducted in Alzzazah area which lies approximately 25 km East of El-Dmazein city, the capital of the Blue Nile State, Sudan. This study was carried out at the end of the autumn 2015. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impacts of continuous grazing on the rangeland of the study area. To determine this effect, two range sites were selected to represent the rangeland in the s...

Environmentally and technologically sulphur is a deleterious constitute in coal which makes it unsuitable for use in metallurgical industries unless the sulphur level can be reduced to the tolerable limit. Characterization of the various forms of sulphur and their associations in coal is an essential issue to find and propose a suitable desulphurization method. In this research, to evaluate sul...