Vliv revitalizací vodních toků na rekreační hodnotu krajiny

An important part of the revitalization of aquatic environment is its revival, resto-ration to a state close to nature. In a broader sense these are such interventions, which tend to reinforce landscape values and concurrently water functions of the aquatic environment. At the same time revitalization has a significant importance in terms of increasing the recreational potential of the landscape. This work focuses on the analysis of landscape links - revitalization measures of watercourses - recreation. The aim is to create a clear overview dealing with recreational utilization and possibilities of watercourses revitalization. The result is a methodical process of evaluating and designing targeted revitalization measures, which lead to an increase in recreational potential and utilizing watercourses in urban and linking-up suburban areas

Possibilities of Evaluation of the Recreational Potential of Close to Nature Watercourses

Creation of close-to-nature river beds is one of the results of watercourses revitalization. Watercourses are segments in the country increasing its recreational potential.The recreational potential of watercourses contributes to rich diversity of animal and plant species. They are well-preserved natural environment with a different atmosphere and an interesting psychological effect. The current goal of revitalization measures in the landscape primarily consists of the optimization of landscape water regime, incl. flood control measures and the promotion of biodiversity, but the current philosophy speaks of multifunctional land usage. However, the revitalization is currently underappreciated in the Czech Republic and it is important to increase the recreational potential of the landscape. The subject of this article is evaluation of close to nature watercources from the point of view of recreation potential. The example locality of close to nature watercourse is part of Váh river near Iľava city. In this area some elements of recreational potential by the proposed methodology are discussed. Two river courses make a possible comparison between a technical canal and a modified one, but close-to-nature water course with all parameters of river phenomenon. Properties of nature and close-to-nature watercourses could be an inspiration for repairing(modifying, adjusting) river stretches within urban space

Religious Tourism in the South-Moravian and Zlín Regions: Proposal for Three New Pilgrimage Routes

Tento článek obsahuje výsledky výzkumu náboženského turismu v Jihomoravském a Zlínském kraji. Cílem výzkumu bylo identifikovat nové poutní trasy. Metodologie výzkumu byla založena na terénním dotazníkovém šetření a zpracování koncepční strategie náboženského a kulturního turismu. Terénního dotazníkového šetření se zúčastnilo 1222 respondentů. Výsledky ukazují, že 58 % respondentů si pod pojmem „poutní turistika“ představuje návštěvu poutních míst, nejen věřícími. Přitom 43 % respondentů se nikdy žádné pouti nezúčastnilo. V koncepci zaměřené na zhodnocení turistického potenciálu vytipovaných lokalit jsou navrženy 3 nové poutní trasy: 1) Vranov - Křtiny - Velehrad; 2) Mikulov - Břeclav - Mikulčice (propojení Svatojakubské cesty a Evropské kulturní stezky sv. Cyrila a Metoděje) a 3) Radhošť - Rajnochovice - Svatý Hostýn

Impact of protective shelterbelt microclimate characteristics

Evaluation of microclimate characteristics of a protective shelterbelt in Obelisk enclosure in 2010. Vegetation performs indispensable functions in the landscape. Protective shelterbelts are important landscape elements. Individual interventions to these ecosystems should be made with the intention to increase the retention capacity of the landscape, the biodiversity, and the stability of individual landscape elements and the landscape as a whole. This article presents the results of the measuring of the effect of model forest vegetation in the proximity of Obelisk in the Lednice-Valtice area on the microclimate. The protective shelterbelt, declared as a forest stand, is located in the cadastral area of Lednice, Podivin and Rakvice. A set of weather stations, supplied by AMET- Litschmann and Suchy Velke Bilovice, was used for the measuring. The stations measured wind velocity (m/s), soil temperature in depths of 5 and 10 cm (°C), air temperature (°C), radiation (W.m-2) and precipitation (mm) from January 1 to December 31, 2010. The ImageTool application was used to establish optical porosity, based on photos taken in summer and winter. Optical porosity was established as a ratio of white spots to their total number in a specific section of a photograph. The optical porosity was 5% during the growing season and 23% outside the growing season. These values significantly differ from the optimum values for efficient semi-permeable PS, whose porosity is set to 40-50%

Carbon Storage in Beech Stands on the Chřiby Uplands

The submitted scientific statement is a contribution to solutions of monitoring the storage of carbon in the woods and its emissions. Four permanent research plots were established in the area of the Chřiby uplands in the Czech Republic. The plots are made of forest stands with nearly 100% of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). The stands form simple spatial structures of about the same age (about 180 years). They represent, however, varying site conditions (dwarf acid beech stands, herb-rich beech stands and transitions between them). For quantification of carbon storage, standard dendrometric methods and the Field-Map technology were used. The total amount of carbon was established as the sum of further documented carbon storages in the aboveground biomass, the belowground biomass, woody debris and the forest soil. Determination of total amount of carbon was addressed in a version manner. In the first version, the estimate of the total amount of carbon was established based on Wutzler et al. (2008) equations for the aboveground biomass (AGB) and the belowground biomass (BB). In the second version, the AGB was calculated according to Joosten et al. (2004), the BB according to Wirth et al. (2003), the values of storages were consistent with Mund (2004) for woody debris, and with Mackù in Kolektiv (2007) for forest soil. Total carbon storage per hectare of stand is in average 370.2 t. Obtained outcomes support the quantitative results of latest research related to carbon in the woods