بررسي و شناخت بلاياي طبيعي ماسوله گيلان

Studying and Recognition of Natural Hazards in Masouleh ,Guilan

The town of masouleh is located some 60 km away from Rasht (Guilan, Iran) , 30 km southwest of Fooman, in a mountainous and forested area. Its elevation is 1050 m above sea level and it is established on a rocky slope having a unique architecture in Iran and even in the world. The harmony between architecture and natural and geographic environment, is exclusive and astounding and has been documented as a national heritage under the code of 1090. Threfore ,the preservation and conservation of this natural collection is very important both for the present and future. However, at the present time this town is facing with various natural and man-made hazards such as debris falls, floods, mudflows, earthquakes, and human caused problems resulting from development projects. These factors maximize the risk probablity. On the other hand, evidence suggests that the previous location of Masouleh has been 5 km away from the present place, and there do exist the remains of human civilzation. Natural disasters have destroyed the old Masouleh. Natural hazards can cause hazards and change likely dangers to disasters. This hazards are: natural climatic conditions, hydrological, geological, biological and technological effects. To identify the Natural hazards of Masouleh, the author. has studied and used statistical meteorological, hydrological data in the framework of a research plan at Islamic Azad University (Rasht Branch). This article also makes attempts to present the geographic location of the old city of Masouleh and discover the hazards and risks that threaten people both at present and future.