چکیده:
Optimal management of Caspian Sea to reach sustainability and a cooperative peaceful use of resources is one of the most important issues in the region. This can help reduce political tensions and create a long-lasting security in considering the conflicts. The solution will be management strategies of Caspian Sea with its present status quo to reach cooperation between coastal states. To offer a multi-criteria decision method by reviewing the literature and research findings، we used SWOT method by consulting with experts and identified 8 strengths، 4 weaknesses، 5 opportunities، and 5 threats. The 10 best strategies were developed were by ANP method and uncertainty conditions. They were ranked by fuzzy. The approach applied in this research is a combination of cross-sectional and survey methods. The comparison of the questionnaire reveals that the suitable strategy is “systematic and shared resources management by the coastal states” and the second one is “focus on multilateralism”.
خلاصه ماشینی:
193-212 Formulation and Prioritization of Appropriate Management Strategies for the Caspian Geopolitical Zone * Zahra Pishgahi Fard Professor of Political Geography, University of Tehran Shahriar Nosrati PhD Student in Political Geography, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran Shahnaz Bazdar PhD Student in Political Geography, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran (Received: 2014/05/26 - Approved: 2015/08/12) Abstract The issue of optimal management of the Caspian Sea, for the expansion of resources with the aim of sustainability and peaceful and participatory exploitation, as well as reducing political tensions and creating sustainable security given existing conflicts, is the most important issue ahead in this field.
This is while that with the upcoming conditions, on one hand, the life of this sea as a rich ecosystem is under threat due to the unilateral activities of coastal countries and the lack of optimal resource management, and on the other hand, the conflict and lack of coordination in the legal and management issues of the Caspian Sea, along with the role-playing of extra-regional countries, has challenged the security of the coastal countries of the Caspian zone in various dimensions, which, while expanding the field of conflicts, if appropriate policies and strategies are not employed for principled, participatory management and exploitation within the framework of multilateral cooperation, it will add to this complexity and lead to increased tension and crisis in this area.
Based on this process, the goal is to present a fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach to evaluate the SWOT factors effective in formulating and selecting appropriate strategies for managing the Caspian Sea, according to the problem statement of this writing.
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