Determination of recreation potential in three urban forests

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F21%3A00124545" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/21:00124545 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://sylwan-journal.pl/apex/f?p=sylwan:10:::NO::P10_NAZWA_PLIKU,P10_ARTYKUL,P10_ZESZYT_NEW:30510950076050487/2021_09_627au.pdf,2021083,2021_9" target="_blank" >https://sylwan-journal.pl/apex/f?p=sylwan:10:::NO::P10_NAZWA_PLIKU,P10_ARTYKUL,P10_ZESZYT_NEW:30510950076050487/2021_09_627au.pdf,2021083,2021_9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26202/sylwan.2021083" target="_blank" >10.26202/sylwan.2021083</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Determination of recreation potential in three urban forests

Original language description

This paper presents the results of an assessment of the recreational potential of urban forests in three Eastern European cities carried out by a field survey method. The main criteria for assessing recreational potential were their suitability for recreational use by local inhabitants, the viability of ecological characteristics and the level of management. Fifteen social and ecological characteristics of urban forests were selected as indicators, which were scored and integrated to estimate the recreational potential of the forest. Field data were processed and assessed using ArcGIS software. It was found that large parts of these forests have medium to high recreational potential depending upon their area, age, density of trees and management status. This assessment method proved to be useful for rapid and objective assessment of recreational potential of urban forests and parks because of its simplicity and comprehensiveness and its suitability for use in widely diverse geographical locations. The results of this assessment demonstrate that the method can be used by urban authorities to assess the current ecological status of their urban forests, to determine forest recreational potential and to identify measures needed to improve these forests to meet the ever−increasing demand for recreational opportunities by inhabitants of cities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sylwan

ISSN

0039-7660

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

165

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

627-638

UT code for WoS article

000730806400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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