Key Factors for Tourist and Recreational Use of Quarry Ponds of Belarus and Poland

Khomitch, Svetlana; Ramanchuk, Aliaksei I.; Daniltchenko, A.; Rzętała, Martyna A.

doi:10.30892/gtg.27401-420

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“…The first concerns water bodies in terms of their urban and ecological role. The second concerns water bodies as a form of brownfield development, and the third concerns the recreational function of city water bodies [31].…”

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Planning Recreation around Water Bodies in Two Hard Coal Post-Mining Areas in Southern Poland

2023

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Green and blue infrastructure is a unique aspect of sustainable development in post-industrial and post-mining cities. The article examines the issue of the characteristic post-mining lake district in one of Europe’s largest urban and hard coal mining regions—the Katowice Conurbation in Southern Poland. This article aims to clarify the conditions and problems of developing post-mining water bodies as an element of blue and green infrastructure, with a particular focus on the issue of developing recreational functions. The latter aspect was analyzed using extensive CAVI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview)/CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing) surveys conducted among residents, in-depth stakeholder interviews, and strategic and planning document analysis. This research confirmed that residents and local authorities treat post-mining reservoirs as necessary for creating green and blue infrastructure. Recreational functions were perceived as one of the elements of urban policy, in which the preservation of valuable ecosystems created around reservoirs has the same place. An essential element of the research findings is also the typology of post-mining reservoirs presented here, which allows for a better understanding of the development dilemmas of these areas in a highly urbanized and post-mining area.

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Planning Recreation around Water Bodies in Two Hard Coal Post-Mining Areas in Southern Poland

2023

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“…The growing number of examples of the use of postmining areas for new functions makes it possible to identify admirable architectural projects. The spaces of former quarries have historical value [ 12 ] and can house cultural facilities [ 13 , 14 ] ( Fig 1 ) and sports stadiums [ 15 ], and after they are renaturalized, they can compete with natural areas in attractiveness [ 16 ], providing space for nature education and recreation ( Fig 2 ).…”

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Qualitative analysis as a tool for reducing investment risks in post-mining areas located in urban structures

Chećko,

Jelonek,

Jelonek

2024

PLoS ONE

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Urban development is not a process of even and planned progression on residential-industrial sites. Enclaves of high-standard space separate degraded and abandoned areas after industrial use has ended. The idea of the compact city is challenged by the need to search for niches for possible development and even to respond to crisis situations. Changing the approach to postmining sites located inside urban spaces generates an alternative to urban sprawl and the squandering of the stock of fertile suburban agricultural land. The aim of this article is to draw attention to the urban presence of postmining sites, to take a systemic view of ways to identify and describe their specific elements and to determine their impact, from the perspective of different user groups, on the quality of space. This research combined expert knowledge and the practical experience of users to create a model for a multilevel audit of postmining spaces. Knowledge about the postmining environment was transferred to landscape and urban design, creating a universal tool for developing strategies to increase the standard utilitarian functions of revitalized postmining areas. This tool will be useful at an early stage of urban development, management and planning.

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“…The most important ideas about the development of ecotourism as one of the leading forms of sustainable tourism are reflected in international documents: Principles of environmentally sustainable tourism UNEP (2002), Quebec Declaration on the development of ecotourism (2002), etc. The issues of natural, cultural and historical resources estimation for the development of ecotourism activities in Belarus, possibilities of tourist and recreational use of quarry ponds, natural, historical and cultural heritage interpretation, strategic directions for the development of green routes and green tourism, formation of ecotourism clusters are considered in the works (Khomitch et al, 2019;Tarasenok, 2003;Hoppstadius and Dahlström, 2015).…”

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Ecological Tourism Development in the National Parks of Belarus

HAHINA¹,

GALAI²,

ALIASKAROV³

et al. 2022

GTG

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The article is devoted to the development of ecological tourism in the national parks of Belarus. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic scientific approach, comparative geographical, cartographic, expert assessment methods. As a result of the research, the data on environmental requirements for ecological tourism organisation in the national parks of the Republic of Belarus such as state environmental institutions "National Park "Narochansky", "National Park "Braslav Lakes", "National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha", "National Park "Pripyatsky" are systematized. Landscape features of the national park’s territories are considered as a factor determining the direction of ecotourism activities. The analysis of ecotourism infrastructure development, innovativeness and complexity of the offered tourist services is given. Prospective directions of development of domestic and international inbound ecological tourism in the national parks of Belarus are substantiated.

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Key Factors for Tourist and Recreational Use of Quarry Ponds of Belarus and Poland

Abstract: Ge eo oJ Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f T To ou ur ri is sm m a an nd d G Ge eo os si it te es s Year X

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Planning Recreation around Water Bodies in Two Hard Coal Post-Mining Areas in Southern Poland

Planning Recreation around Water Bodies in Two Hard Coal Post-Mining Areas in Southern Poland

Qualitative analysis as a tool for reducing investment risks in post-mining areas located in urban structures

Ecological Tourism Development in the National Parks of Belarus

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