Qeshm Free Zone Organization Japan International Cooperation Agency (QFZO) (JICA) THE PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN OF QESHM ISLAND TOWARD “ECO-ISLAND” IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FINAL REPORT Volume 2: Main Text January 2019 RECS International Inc. PADECO Co., Ltd. Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Currency Equivalents (as of November 30, 2015) US$1.00=IRR 29,885 US$1.00=JPY 122.70 JPY 1=IRR 243.258 Source: OANDA.COM, http://www.oanda.com. The Project for Community-based Sustainable Development Master Plan of Qeshm Island toward “Eco-Island” Final Report Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Objectives and Outputs ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Project Area and Administrative Setting ............................................................................... 1-2 1.4 Project Approaches ............................................................................................................... 1-3 1.5 Project Implementation ......................................................................................................... 1-5 1.6 Project Organization ............................................................................................................. 1-5 1.7 Project Reports ...................................................................................................................... 1-7 CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF EXISTING MASTER PLAN ............................................................... 2-1 2.1 Planning Concepts and Proposed Goals ................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Planning Framework and Economic Activities ..................................................................... 2-1 2.2.1 Population projection ............................................................................................... 2-1 2.2.2 Estimated employment ............................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.3 Agriculture ............................................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.4 Fishery ...................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.2.5 Manufacturing and industrial development ............................................................. 2-4 2.2.6 Tourism development ............................................................................................... 2-6 2.2.7 Service sector ........................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3 Proposed Land Use and Transport System ........................................................................... 2-7 2.3.1 Land use plan ........................................................................................................... 2-7 2.3.2 Transport development ............................................................................................. 2-9 2.4 Proposed Utility Development ............................................................................................ 2-12 2.4.1 Water supply........................................................................................................... 2-12 2.4.2 Wastewater treatment ............................................................................................. 2-13 2.4.3 Solid waste management ........................................................................................ 2-14 2.4.4 Power supply .......................................................................................................... 2-16 2.5 Environmental Planning, Cultural Environments and Human Resource Development ..... 2-17 2.5.1 Environmental planning ......................................................................................... 2-17 2.5.2 Cultural environment ............................................................................................. 2-18 2.5.3 Community development ....................................................................................... 2-18 2.5.4 Human resources development .............................................................................. 2-19 2.6 Planning Issues to Be Clarified ........................................................................................... 2-19 2.6.1 Planning framework and economic activities ........................................................ 2-19 2.6.2 Land use plan and utility development .................................................................. 2-21 2.6.3 Environmental planning, cultural environment, and human resources development ................................................................................................................................ 2-21 2.6.4 Evaluation of SWECO Master Plan’s objectives ................................................... 2-22 CHAPTER 3 EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PLANNING ISSUES ........................................... 3-1 3.1 Socioeconomy ....................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Population and Population Distribution ................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Employment ............................................................................................................. 3-3 3.2 Natural Conditions ................................................................................................................ 3-5 3.3 Existing Transport System and Industrial Development ..................................................... 3-15 3.3.1 Transport facilities ................................................................................................. 3-15 3.3.2 Free Zone and Special Economic Zone ................................................................. 3-16 3.3.3 Industrial and manufacturing ................................................................................. 3-18 3.4 Existing Development Plan in a Regional Context ............................................................. 3-21 3.4.1 Fifth Five-Year Development Plan ........................................................................ 3-21 3.4.2 Transportation and logistics development plan ...................................................... 3-22 3.4.3 Qeshm Country Master Plan .................................................................................. 3-23 i The Project for Community-based Sustainable Development Master Plan of Qeshm Island toward “Eco-Island” Final Report 3.5 People’s Lives ..................................................................................................................... 3-25 3.5.1 Organizational structure of community and cultural conservation ........................ 3-25 3.5.2 Individual interview survey among villagers ......................................................... 3-26 3.5.3 Results of key informants survey ........................................................................... 3-30 3.5.4 Development needs expressed by villagers’ representatives in the workshops ..... 3-32 3.5.5 Planning issues from the public’s perspective ....................................................... 3-33 3.6 Problem Structure Analysis ................................................................................................. 3-34 3.7 Planning Issues ................................................................................................................... 3-38 CHAPTER 4 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................................. 4-1 4.1 Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment ............................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 Aims of strategic environmental assessment ........................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Planning principle for the Eco-island ....................................................................... 4-2 4.1.3 Methodology of the strategic environmental assessment ......................................... 4-3 4.2 First Stage of the Strategic Environmental Assessment: Setting the Context and Objectives4-9 4.2.1 Identification of other relevant plans, programs and environmental protection objectives ................................................................................................................. 4-9 4.2.2 Collection of baseline information ......................................................................... 4-11 4.2.3 Identification of environmental problems .............................................................. 4-12 4.2.4 Development of strategic environmental objectives .............................................. 4-16 4.3 Second Stage of the Strategic Environment Assessment: Developing and Refining Alternatives and Assessing Effects ..................................................................................... 4-23 4.3.1 Development of strategic alternatives .................................................................... 4-23 4.3.2 Prediction and comparison of the effects of the different strategic alternatives .... 4-31 4.3.3 Evaluation of the effects of the ECO-QESHM Master Plan .................................