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1/2018
Landscape management for valorisation and conservation of the UNESCO site of Matera (Italy)
Giuseppe Cillis, Dina Statuto
Abstract
An implementation of a Geographic Information System allows several possible valorisation and conservation strategies for the assessment of the natural and cultural heritage, aimed at encouraging the development and creation of itineraries that can form the basis of proper planning and territorial management.
The use of advanced technological tools may considerably support the protection of landscapes with high cultural and naturalistic value. The present paper is focused on the landscape analysis of the UNESCO site of the City of Matera, located in the Basilicata region (Southern Italy), where some protected habitats (Natura2000 areas) still coexist with a considerable number of cultural sites, earning to this location the role of European Cultural Capital in 2019. Suitable conservation strategies, focused to preserve the natural and cultural landscape, which may be affected by increasing touristic flows, are then necessary. In order to develop new public recreation activities without negatively affecting the surrounding landscape, an innovative network through a specific geodatabase, considering historical map and new GIS tools was created. It could be used for landscape management purposes and implemented in a Web-GIS with the aim to enjoy the urbanized territory in close contact with natural landscapes.
Key words: cultural landscapes, protected habitats, sustainable tourism, Geographical Information System, Matera
Original research paper
Revitalization and restoration of existing fish passes as response to the commitment to EU
Lea Čubanová, Peter Dušička
Abstract
Slovak Republic has commitment to make passable each barrier on the river. On the barriers or structures without fish passes new ones should be design and built and on the water structures with existed but nonfunctional fish passes must be realized reconstruction of such objects. Assessment should be done in terms of the existing migratory fish fauna and hydraulic conditions. Fish fauna requirements resulting from the ichthyologic research of the river section with barrier. Hydraulic conditions must than fulfil these requirements inside the fish pass body whereas useful recommendations can be found in the relatively new published methodology.
Key words. fish pass, design parameters, hydraulic design, requirements, restoration
Original research paper
Aqua parks using in tourism of Slovakia in comparing with other countries
Erik Weiss, Katarína Čulková, Ladislav Mixtaj, Miloš Petráš, Vlastislav Laskovský
Abstract
Area of tourism is very often connected with relax, sports and recreation. Individual type of tourism can have various forms, for example recreation tourism that has number of forms, as for example individual recreation, family recreation, etc. Thermal sources of the country provide possibilities for such activities doing by the way of thermal and aqua parks using. Slovakia is very rich on the thermal sources therefore the aim of the contribution is to search the present state of aqua parks using in territory of Slovakia, with consequent suggestion for new aqua park construction, which could strengthen economic growth in the region. Overall results are compared with situation in other countries.
Key words: tourism, thermal park, aqua city, economic growth, Slovakia
Original research paper
Assumptions of sustainable tourism in the context of ecological awareness
Magdalena Kowalska, Malgorzata Bogusz
Abstract
Tourism is one of the most dynamically developing fields of the economy. Currently, the world's trends in tourism are largely focused on the development of sustainable tourism. The pursuit of achieving balance between the needs of tourists, the natural environment and local communities is its main concept. The assumptions of sustainable development state that social capital constitutes an important determinant for the development of such form of tourism. It should be emphasised that it is directly associated with ecological awareness of both tourists and inhabitants. The purpose of the study is to indicate relation between the main assumptions of sustainable tourism and the level of ecological awareness of inhabitants of areas used for tourism. The study includes a literature review and presents findings of a research conducted in 2017 on a sample of 150 adults - inhabitants of the following counties: Nowy Targ and Myślenice, using a survey questionnaire.
Key words: development, Nowy Targ, questionnaire, packaging
Original research paper
The landscape protection – facilities and educational elements in European parks
Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz, Jan Łukaszkiewicz, Edyta Rosłon-Szeryńska, Małgorzata Woźnicka, Piotr Wiśniewski
Abstract
The phenomena of increasing urbanization connected with the strong anthropopressure result in irreversible transformation of the landscape and the degradation of natural resources in many places all over Europe. The decisive panacea seems to be constant and universal nature education and shaping the so-called ecological culture. In the landscape architecture of the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries has intensified a specific trend of wide range of education in facilities intended for recreation - both in already existing and planned to establish. Meanwhile, in many places another problem arises - a clear conflict of social interests, i.e. the possibility of intensive recreational use of a given area with unrestricted access to uncontaminated nature. This applies to areas of forest as well as extensive facilities of specific composition (parks, gardens, etc.). An effective solution is to develop an individual, balanced structure of the program for individual objects/areas - localized and targeted to specific functions, adapted to the expected recreation turnout.
In this paper the authors would like to present selected issues of the development of recreation and education program in selected European parks, supported by representative examples of modern solutions in this field - education with recreation achieved through multi-purpose or specialized cubature objects and small pieces of equipment having and supportive qualities.
Key words: recreation and education program in parks, ecological culture, didactic elements
Original research paper
Forest wood production in Tropical Africa
Dastan Bamwesigye, Petra Hlavackova
Abstract
Unlike the rest of the African continent and the world, Tropical Africa is endowed with vargin natural forests that continue to play a vital role to the global ecosystem and natural diversity for decades. These forests also provide a great deal of hard and quality timber and wood of species whose demand and value at the world is relatively high such as;
- African Teak
- African mahogany
- African ash
- Afrormosia
- Utile
- African Cherry
Our investigation focuses on examining the trend in wood and timber production and export as well as the trend in deforestation in Tropical Africa. A statistical analysis of the linkages between tropical forest wood production, and deforestation were equally analysed.
Findings demonstrate a linear increasing trend in both production and export of major forestry products, and continuous decrease in the coverage of the natural rain forests. We suggest that futher resaerch on the deforestation as a damage value of the Tropical African forests.
Key words: deforestation, ecology, economy, lumber, trends, wood fuel
Original research paper
Comparison of soil properties in forest and agricultural soil
Vladimír Šimanský, Nora Polláková, Miroslav Kravka
Abstract
Change in land use due to human activities and agricultural management practices can affect soil properties, we studied soil properties in forest and agricultural soils in Cambisol located at Soběšice near Brno (Czech Republic). We found that soil organic matter in forest soil was significantly higher than in agricultural soil. On the other hand, HA:FA ratio in forest soil was narrower in comparison to agricultural soil. Bulk density was changed with land use. In agricultural soil (1.46 g cm-3) had greater bulk density than forest soil (1.07 g cm-3). The average volume of total porosity, non-capillary pores, capillary pores and semi-capillary pores were 58.6%, 22.9%, 32.7% and 3.6%, respectively at soil layer to the depth 20 cm in forest soil and 41.5%, 7.5%, 30.9% and 3.0%, respectively in agricultural soil. Forest soil showed higher contents of macro-aggregates relative to micro-aggregates and better structural state than agricultural soil. Almost double value of soil organic matter in water-stable aggregates was determined in forest soil than agricultural soil.
Key words: agricultural soil, forest soil, soil organic matter, soil structure, porosity
Original research paper
Use of accompanying vegetation on waterways and reservois
Miloslav Šlezingr, Hana Uhmannová
Abstract
We describe tha banks stressed waves. The use of vegetation elements in the reinforcement of banks of waterways has great advantages. In particular, they are low acquisition costs, an almost unlimited life and regenerative capacity, aesthetic effect etc.
To develop a detailed design of species composition, it is suitable to use materials obtained from professional literature (Úradníček, Šlezingr 2007, Šlezingr 2004, Novák 1986 and others), but mainly professional advice from dendrologists, forest engineers and erudite ecologists.
The design of species structure is based on the conditions of a particular locality and especially on the composition of the indigenous species. In new plantings, non-autochthonous - non-indigenous introduced, exotic and fruit species should be eliminated.
Key words: bank, vegetation elements, stabilization, dam, reservoir
Original research paper
Analysis of navigation on typical corridor on lower Váh river using the CFD tools
Martin Orfánus, Peter Dušička, Ľudovit Možiešik, Ján Rumann
Abstract
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava realized since 2013 an extensive research on lower Váh river, which was the component of the research of the Water Structure Kolárovo (WSKo). The article presents selected results of research on navigation possibilities on lower Váh river navigational corridor.
Key words: vessel, navigation, computational fluid dynamics, Váh river
Original research paper
Changes in the groundwater level regime according to river training
Andrej Šoltész, Dana Baroková, Lea Čubanová, Katarína Možiešiková
Abstract
The contribution deals with the analysis and the evaluation of the potential impact of river bed regulation of the Trnávka River on the groundwater level regime in the adjacent area in the county town of Trnava. The aim of the article is to refute the false presumption of incorrect technical solution of Trnávka stream training namely on the basis of similarity of the groundwater regime flow in the extreme period 2009 - 2010 with a similar status that already happened in the past (e.g. in the year 2006). According to the activities a detailed hydro-geological monitoring site along the Trnávka River has been established to find out the correct answer for the solution of the problem. The reason of the ground water level increasing should be also that the precipitation surplus of the year 2009 has caused regional increase of the ground water table in the whole lowland region of Slovak Republic.
Key words: groundwater level regime, hydro-geological monitoring site, long-term observation, river bed regulation, Trnávka Stream
Original research paper
Re-thinking and Re-designing the Environmental Education Centre DROPIE in Slovakia
Attila Tóth, Mária Bihuňová, Gabriel Kuczman, Denisa Halajová
Abstract
Centres for Environmental Education are important facilities that enhance the environmental awareness of the general public from an early age. Their design therefore requires a special attention of landscape architects. The Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra was commissioned by the Slovak Environment Agency in 2017 to develop different design solutions for the Environmental Education Centre (EEC) DROPIE. The EEC is located on the largest European river island – Žitný ostrov (meaning: Rye Island), which indicates the occurrence of the most fertile soils in Slovakia. This assignment was realised by the Department of Garden and Landscape Architecture within three master design studios led by three teachers of the department. This article elaborates on diverse ideas, attitudes and design solutions created by landscape architecture students. In the sense of the research by design approach, the paper aims to define the key design attitudes and principles applied by students within their creative solutions.
Key words: Design studio, environmental education, landscape architecture, research by design
Original research paper
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