How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

Kohlová, Markéta Braun; Nepožitková, Petra; Melichar, Jan

doi:10.3390/land10090910

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“…Interestingly, research on Sosnowiec shows some differences in the perception of forests in post-mining areas with research results in the Sokolov region in the Czech Republic [ 90 ], while in the forests we studied, this attribute was not practically taken into account in assessing a given forest. The differences probably result from the size and type of post-mining forms.…”

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The Perception of Urban Forests in Post-Mining Areas: A Case Study of Sosnowiec-Poland

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Rahmonov

Kantor‐Pietraga

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Sustainable development policy emphasizes, among other things, the role of green areas in urban space. This remark applies in particular to post-industrial and post-mining cities. One of the elements of shaping the sustainable development of post-mining cities is that forests are often anthropogenic forest ecosystems growing in previously mining areas, one of the most characteristic elements of their spatial development. This article examines the role of urban forests in the post-mining area in Sosnowiec, located in the core of the Katowice conurbation in southern Poland. This article aimed to show the social perception of forests in post-mining areas among the local community and the features of urban forests. The social dimension of the interaction between humans and the environment is related to the issue of urban planning. Research was implemented based on quantitative, qualitative (CATI survey), and cartographic methods. The results indicate the significant role of forests in post-mining areas depending on their location in the settlement areas in a post-industrial city. The research emphasizes that residents perceive forests in post-mining areas of cities as an essential and expected recreational space. Notably, half of them do not see any threats therein. It is also expected that these areas will be better developed for recreational purposes in the future.

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The Perception of Urban Forests in Post-Mining Areas: A Case Study of Sosnowiec-Poland

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Rahmonov

Kantor‐Pietraga

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“…Last but not least important direction for the use of our results is the perspective of ecosystem service research. The newly emerging analyses of particular ecosystem services provided by trees in the Czech Republic [47][48][49] have focused solely on urban or forest environments due to better data availability. Not even the foreign research on ecosystem services has brought any calculations of societal benefits of roadside trees yet.…”

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Are Trees Planted along the Roads Sustainable? A Large-Scale Study in the Czech Republic

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Szórádová²,

Kolařík³

2022

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Trees provide a wide variety of ecosystem services to society and form the character of the environment and landscape. The analyses of tree populations and their resistance to changing conditions related to climate change typically focus on urban tree communities or forest trees. Similar studies on non-forest trees in the open landscape are largely missing; even the evidence on tree species abundance and distribution is sporadic. The article aims to expand the current evidence by a large-scale study on roadside trees in the Czech Republic. Using an extensive dataset that covers 91.2% of the total tree population along roads in nine NUTS3 regions, we assess the state and observed practices in selecting tree genera for roadside planting and discuss the implications for sustainable tree planning and management. Our survey documented 133,169 tree individuals belonging to 116 species and 40 genera. The results show that 75% of the total roadside plantings along second-class motorways and first-class roads are represented by seven main genera of deciduous trees (Acer, Fraxinus, Tilia, Malus, Betula, Populus, and Quercus), the distribution of which is similar across most Czech regions. New plantings have shifted only a little from the original species distribution. Traditional roadside species are becoming a more popular choice among new plantings, and the effort not to let the invasive trees outgrow into the mature stage is apparent. Most of the original and newly planted species are relatively suitable for emerging risks related to climate change. To achieve more sustainable patterns in roadside tree species composition in the future, especially the susceptibility of some commonly planted roadside tree species to emerging pests and diseases (e.g., Fraxinus excelsior) and to unfavorable site conditions typical for roadside tree stands (Tilia cordata) is of relevance to tree managers. The relative abundance of tree genera was proven to be similar in most studied regions, which makes the recommendations equally relevant for roadside tree managers across the country.

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Stochastic evaluation of restoration procedures on postmining land areas using a game theory approach

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Restoration of postmining areas is a frequently addressed topic requiring a comprehensive view. In this article, the recovery process of selected postmining spoil heap sites was evaluated using an approach based on calculation of Nash equilibrium (NE) probability distributions. Many of these sites have been allowed to recover by spontaneous succession, while on others, a variety of restoration procedures have been tested, most of them variants of the forest plantation type. The evaluation was carried out on selected data from each site that reflects four factors: the richness of the vegetation cover, the amount of biomass as soil macrofauna per unit area, the forestry yield, and the attractiveness for recreation use. The analysis was based on permuted game configurations in which these factors were treated as competing entities, adversaries that were differentially successful in each location depending on the conditions of the recovery procedure used. The game strategies that the factors exhibited as theoretically interacting entities had no primary information content, which meant that they could be treated stochastically. The result was a distribution of the NE probability at each location. Considering the fact that this result reflected the degree of optimality of the included factors, the calculation could be considered as a specific type of multicriteria evaluation, which was practically applicable and provided unambiguous results. The NE probability in sites restored by deciduous tree stands was higher, which was therefore assumed to correspond to higher stability.

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How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

Cited by 5 publications

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The Perception of Urban Forests in Post-Mining Areas: A Case Study of Sosnowiec-Poland

The Perception of Urban Forests in Post-Mining Areas: A Case Study of Sosnowiec-Poland

Are Trees Planted along the Roads Sustainable? A Large-Scale Study in the Czech Republic

Stochastic evaluation of restoration procedures on postmining land areas using a game theory approach

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