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Public Recreation and Landscape Protection – with Man Hand in Hand! Czech Society of Landscape Engineers and Department of Landscape Management Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Mendel University in Brno Public recreation and landscape protection – with man hand in hand! Conference proceeding Editors: Ing. Jitka Fialová, MSc., Ph.D.; Dana Pernicová 3rd – 5th May 2015 Brno Under the auspices of Radomír Klvač, the Dean of the FFWT Mendel University in Brno, of Richard Brabec, the Minister of the Environment, of Marián Jurečka, the Minister of agriculture of the Czech Republic, of Michal Hašek, the Governor of the South Moravia Region, and of Petr Vokřál, the Mayor of the City of Brno. in cooperation with Czech Bioclimatological Society, Training Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest Křtiny, AOPK ČR (Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic) – Administration of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area, and the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation with the financial support of the City of Brno of the project COST CZ (LD14054 – Non-wood forest products in the Czech Republic) and FS Bohemia Ltd., The conference is included in the Continuing Professional Education in Czech Chamber of Architects and is rated with 3 credit points. The authors are responsible for the content of the article and the citation form. All the articles were peer-reviewed. Editors of the proceeding: Ing. Jitka Fialová, MSc., Ph.D.; Dana Pernicová ISBN 978-80-7509-251-9 ISBN 978-80-7509-249-6 (Online) ISSN 2336-6311 (Print) ISSN 2336-632X (Online) Contents ARCTIC FOX IN ICELAND – PROTECTION OF FURRY TOURIST ATTRACTION Kamila Botková, Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir .........................................................................................7 ASSESSING INFORMAL TRAIL NETWORKS IMPACTS ON PROTECTED AREAS LANDSCAPES: A CASE-STUDY FROM PORTUGAL Luís Monteiro.....................................................................................................................................10 AVALANCHES IN JESENÍKY MOUNTAINS Libor Školoud.....................................................................................................................................14 CULTIVATION OF ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES AS THE REGIONAL PRODUCT Petr Jelínek, Nikol Buksová, Kateřina Táborská...............................................................................17 DIFFERENCES IN THE NATURAL AREAS PROTECTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ROMANIA: A SOCIOECONOMIC VIEW Petra Hlaváčková, Ciprian Palaghianu..............................................................................................23 ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE PROMOTIONAL FOREST COMPLEXES Małgorzata Woźnicka, Emilia Janeczko, Krzysztof Janeczko...........................................................29 ECOSYSTEM RECREATIONAL SERVICES OF A CULTURAL FOREST - CASE STUDY FROM THE VELKÝ KOSÍŘ NATURE PARK, CZECH REPUBLIC Ivo Machar, Vilém Pechanec, Zdeněk Opršal, Jan Brus ..................................................................35 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE FORESTRY ARBORETUMS OF SLOVAKIA Mariana Jakubisová ..........................................................................................................................39 ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS IN URBAN AREA Vlasta Ondrejka Harbuľáková, Martina Zeleňáková, Jozef Viceš.....................................................44 EVALUATION OF REAL AND POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS AT SELECTED SMALL WATER RESERVOIRS Jana Marková, Věra Hubačíková ......................................................................................................49 EVALUATION OF REVITALIZATION MEASURES IN TERMS OF RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL IN TŘEBÍČSKO MODEL REGION Ivana Lampartová, Kateřina Blažková ..............................................................................................53 FREE TIME OF ELDERLY PEOPLE – WAYS OF COUNTERACTING THEIR SOCIO – ECONOMIC EXCLUSION Magdalena Kowalska, Jacek Puchała...............................................................................................59 GEOEDUCATION AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Aleš Bajer ..........................................................................................................................................64 GEOMYTHOLOGY: AN USEFUL TOOL FOR GEOCONSERVATION AND GEOTOURISM PURPOSES Karel Kirchner, Lucie Kubalíková ......................................................................................................68 GUIDED TOURS TO THE WILDERNESS IN THE ŠUMAVA NATIONAL PARK Josef Štemberk..................................................................................................................................75 HABITAT MAPPING OF SKALICKÁ MORÁVKA NATURAL NATIONAL MONUMENT AS A BASIS FOR RECREATIONAL LAND USE Jaroslav Blahuta, Miloslav Šlezingr, Lenka Gernešová ....................................................................80 HEAVY HORSES IN CITY FORESTS OF OSTRAVA Jiří Kadlec, Zlata Matysová ...............................................................................................................87 CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIMBING SECTORS Ivo Kohn, Aleš Bajer..........................................................................................................................90 CHINA CLAY PITS – FILL UP THEM OR FULFIL THEIR TOURIST POTENTIAL? Kamila Botková..................................................................................................................................96 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODIFIED HESSEN METHOD IN GIS AS TOOL FOR SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT IN THE LANDSCAPE Vilém Pechanec, Helena Kilianová, Eva Alková ...............................................................................99 IMPLEMENTING RISK MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES TO MTB TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Tomáš Kvasnička, Hana Hermová................................................................................................. 104 IMPORTANT ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF THE NATIONAL PARK. ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC David Březina, Petra Hlaváčková................................................................................................... 108 IN PRAISE OF TREES – EXCURSION GUIDE Milan Rajnoch................................................................................................................................. 114 INFLUENCE OF RECREATION ON WATER QUALITY ON THE BÍLÝ STREAM WATERSHED Věra Hubačíková, Petra Oppeltová, Lucie Navrátilová.................................................................. 117 INFLUENCE OF STABILIZATION THE BANKS ON THE QUALITY OF WATER IN THE RESERVOIR Miloslav Šlezingr, Jaroslav Blahuta, Hana Uhmannová ................................................................ 123 INTEGRATED TOURISM STRATEGY BASED ON COMMUNITY PLANNING Alice Kozumplíková, Tereza Schielová .......................................................................................... 127 MAGICAL TRAILS IN CHŘIBY MOUNTAINS Hedvika Psotová ............................................................................................................................ 131 MANAGEMENT OF ECOTOURISTIC RESOURCES IN SOUTHER DOBROGEA, ROMANIA Marius Popescu.............................................................................................................................. 134 MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL MATERIALS IN THE PAVEMENT OF LOW VOLUME ROADS Lenka Ševelová, Iztueta Elixabete ................................................................................................. 139 METHODOLOGY OF COPPICE BIOTOPES SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR ORGANISM’S SPECIES FIXED ON COPPICE DEFINED ENVIRONMENTS Petr Kupec, Jan Kadavý, Robert Knott, Michal Kneifl.................................................................... 144 METHODS FOR VISITOR MONITORING IN PROTECTED AREAS Markéta Braun Kohlová, Jan Melichar, Hana Škopková, Vojtěch Máca........................................ 148 METHOLOGICAL PROCEDURE FOR THE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE TFE IMPORTANCE IN LOCAL ECONOMY Petra Hlaváčková, David Březina................................................................................................... 153 MICROCLIMATE MONITORING FOR EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT EFFECT ON MOHELNO SERPENTINE STEPPE Hana Středová, Jaroslav Knotek, Tomáš Středa........................................................................... 157 MONITORING OF THE NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Jiří Kadlec, Jitka Fialová................................................................................................................. 161 NEW METHODS OF SURFACE AND TERRAIN MAPPING AND ITS USE IN LANDSCAPE AND NATURE CONSERVATIONS Tomáš Mikita .................................................................................................................................. 164 NUMBER OF TOURISTS AS FACTOR INFLUENCING TRAILS´ CONDITION Juraj Švajda, Peter Bačkor, David Zahradník, Marek Banaš......................................................... 169 OPTIONS OF ENSURING SAFE USE OF BEACH SHORES Miloslav Šlezingr, Petr Pelikán, Lenka Gernešová ........................................................................ 175 PLACES WITH ICE IN PROTECTED AREAS AND VISITORS Václav Ždímal................................................................................................................................. 178 PRECISION OF TRAVEL COST MEASURES IN ESTIMATION THE RECREATION DEMAND: THE CASE OF ŠUMAVA NATIONAL PARK Kateřina Kaprová............................................................................................................................ 181 PROPOSAL OF "METHODOLOGY
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