Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka

Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka

Sumber-sumber tanah bencah membentuk sebahagian penting daripada persekitaran dan pengurusannya perlu dikaji, dalam konteks satu interaksi antara strategi-strategi pemuliharaan dan pembangunan negara.Sri Lanka mempunyai sumber tanah bencah berasaskan separa alam semulajadi yang mempunyai potensi yan...

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Main Author: Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
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spelling my-usm-ep.323782019-04-12T05:25:41Z Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka 2015-08 Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna QH1-278.5 Natural history (General) Sumber-sumber tanah bencah membentuk sebahagian penting daripada persekitaran dan pengurusannya perlu dikaji, dalam konteks satu interaksi antara strategi-strategi pemuliharaan dan pembangunan negara.Sri Lanka mempunyai sumber tanah bencah berasaskan separa alam semulajadi yang mempunyai potensi yang besar untuk tujuan pembangunan di Asia Selatan.Dalam kajian ini, satu model ruangan berasaskan literatur telah dibangunkan, untuk menerangkan potensi tanah bencah separa alam semulajadi untuk dibangunkan sebagai kawasan eko-pelancongan.Proses Hierarki Analitik (AHP) model telah digunakan untuk menganalisis kesesuaian kawasan untuk pembangunan eko-pelancongan di tanah bencah separa alam semulajadi.Enam kriteria telah digabungkan; biokepelbagaian, sumber air, rupabumi, penggunaan tanah dan litupan tanah, jaringan jalanraya dan petempatan telah dikenalpasti.Beberapa petunjuk yang berasaskan tinjauan literatur, pendapat pakar, soal-selidik isirumah, dan lawatan lapangan telah digunakan untuk persediaan peta kebolehsuaian untuk pembangunan eko-pelancongan. Wetland resources form an integral part of the environment and their management must be pursued in the context of an interaction between conservation and the national development strategies.Sri Lanka has a tremendous partial nature based wetland resources that have a great potential for further development in Southern Asia. In this study a literature based spatial model is developed to explain the potential of a partial-nature-based wetland to be developed as an ecotourism site. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)model is used to analyze the site suitability for ecotourism development of the partial-nature-based wetland. Six integrated criteria; biodiversity, water resources, terrain, land use and land cover, road network and settlements are identified. Several evaluating indicators which are based on literature survey, experts‘ opinions, questionnaire survey from households, and field excursions are used for the preparation of site suitability map for ecotourism development. 2015-08 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/32378/ http://eprints.usm.my/32378/1/SUDUSINGHA_LIYANAGE_JOTHIRATHNA_FERNANDO.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Pendidikan Jarak Jauh
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language English
topic QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
spellingShingle QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna
Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
description Sumber-sumber tanah bencah membentuk sebahagian penting daripada persekitaran dan pengurusannya perlu dikaji, dalam konteks satu interaksi antara strategi-strategi pemuliharaan dan pembangunan negara.Sri Lanka mempunyai sumber tanah bencah berasaskan separa alam semulajadi yang mempunyai potensi yang besar untuk tujuan pembangunan di Asia Selatan.Dalam kajian ini, satu model ruangan berasaskan literatur telah dibangunkan, untuk menerangkan potensi tanah bencah separa alam semulajadi untuk dibangunkan sebagai kawasan eko-pelancongan.Proses Hierarki Analitik (AHP) model telah digunakan untuk menganalisis kesesuaian kawasan untuk pembangunan eko-pelancongan di tanah bencah separa alam semulajadi.Enam kriteria telah digabungkan; biokepelbagaian, sumber air, rupabumi, penggunaan tanah dan litupan tanah, jaringan jalanraya dan petempatan telah dikenalpasti.Beberapa petunjuk yang berasaskan tinjauan literatur, pendapat pakar, soal-selidik isirumah, dan lawatan lapangan telah digunakan untuk persediaan peta kebolehsuaian untuk pembangunan eko-pelancongan. Wetland resources form an integral part of the environment and their management must be pursued in the context of an interaction between conservation and the national development strategies.Sri Lanka has a tremendous partial nature based wetland resources that have a great potential for further development in Southern Asia. In this study a literature based spatial model is developed to explain the potential of a partial-nature-based wetland to be developed as an ecotourism site. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)model is used to analyze the site suitability for ecotourism development of the partial-nature-based wetland. Six integrated criteria; biodiversity, water resources, terrain, land use and land cover, road network and settlements are identified. Several evaluating indicators which are based on literature survey, experts‘ opinions, questionnaire survey from households, and field excursions are used for the preparation of site suitability map for ecotourism development.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna
author_facet Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna
author_sort Fernando, SuduSingha Liyanage Jothirathna
title Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
title_short Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
title_full Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
title_fullStr Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed Site Suitability Model For Ecotourism At The Kirala Kele Partial-Nature-Based Wetland Of Southern Sri Lanka
title_sort site suitability model for ecotourism at the kirala kele partial-nature-based wetland of southern sri lanka
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Pendidikan Jarak Jauh
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.usm.my/32378/1/SUDUSINGHA_LIYANAGE_JOTHIRATHNA_FERNANDO.pdf
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