Climate Intelligence, a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Tourism Development in Historic City of Gaz Borkhar, Isfahan, Iran
Elham Zadbagher-Seghalani1, Saeid yaghoubzadeh2, Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari3*, Saeid Eslamian4, Vijay P. Singh5, Nicolas R. Dalezios6
Citation : Elham Zadbagher-Seghalani,et.al, Climate Intelligence, a Strategy for Sustainable Urban Tourism Development in Historic City of Gaz Borkhar, Isfahan, Iran International Journal of Constructive Research in Civil Engineering 2018, 4(3) : 1-10
Climate intelligence denotes compatibility ability of a land's people in contrast to the good and bad climate of that region. Climate intelligence in old and historic cities of the country leads to culture, buildings, and structures, which are famous as tangible and intangible heritage. Around the old Caravansary of Gaz town, where surrounding the Caravansary that has been survived from aggression and land usage change by the owners, there are the gardens built in 5-6-meter depth of the ground surface. These gardens have been established in this way for coordination with climatic conditions such as wind, humidity, and access to water source (the adjacent aqueduct). Now that necessity for understanding the climate and confrontation with its changes has been raised after the years, these pistachio gardens are suitable examples of climatic sustainability, which are able to guide the farmers and gardeners in similar climatic regions. In addition, they can be also used as urban green space in touristic region and public rest place. Thus, in addition to using a pleasant space, the visitors also are familiarized with unknown parts of thinking of the pasts, and can observe part of Iranian cultivation and culture in coordination with the climate.