The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F20%3A43917493" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/20:43917493 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115317 RIV/00216305:26310/20:PU135349
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes
Original language description
The enormous tourism boom raises concern about possible negative environmental impacts worldwide. One of the risks posed by tourism may be heavy metal pollution. On the example of the volcanic island of Santorini, a popular tourist destination, pollution of soils categorized according to the tourism load was monitored. Significant anthropogenic contamination by heavy metals, especially Cu, Cr and Pb, was found out. This contamination may constitute a moderate ecological risk to the island ecosystems. Tourism has been shown to be a significant pollution factor as evidenced by the contaminated soils near the airport. Simultaneously, airport traffic has been proved to be an important emitter of Co, Cr and especially Zn. The comparison with other volcanic islands has shown that on Santorini the content of heavy metals in soils is significantly lower, despite frequently higher tourism intensity. On this basis, it can be concluded that in case of volcanic islands the dominant factor determining the content of heavy metals in the soil is the parent rock. Given high and ever-increasing intensity of tourism on the island, it can be assumed that soil contamination will continue to rise rapidly. Therefore, without proper steps reducing tourism, increase in soil degradation, growing negative impacts on local ecosystems as well as on the quality of produced wine can be expected on Santorini.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chemosphere
ISSN
0045-6535
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
249
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
126118
UT code for WoS article
000527935600032
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85079049204