Mapping and monitoring recreational disturbance of the territory for the recreational nature management

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2019-11, Vol.381 (1), p.12036
• Main Authors: Isachenko, T E, Isachenko, G A, Bocharnikova, M V, Ozerova, S D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Disturbance; Lakes; Mapping; Monitoring; Protected areas; Recreation; Recreation areas; Recreational use; Task complexity; Territory
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/381/1/012036

Recreational nature management becomes vital in the context of continuously developing recreation. Regulation of recreational impact and control of acceptable changes in natural territorial complexes (landscapes) due to recreation is one of the main tasks of recreational nature management. The paper considers the approach to the analysis of the interaction of recreation and landscape based on a landscape-dynamic concept, as well as the method of mapping and monitoring recreational disturbance of the territory for managing recreational use of natural protected areas. We analyze the experience of monitoring recreational disturbance of the test area (Schuchye Lake Natural Reserve, Saint-Petersburg) during 2008 - 2019 years. There is a relationship of the distribution of recreants with landscape structure of the territory, namely, with the features of landscape sites and long-term states of landscapes. We have revealed a decrease in recreational disturbance despite an increase in the number of recreants. Positive dynamics is due to both the restriction of vehicle access to the coast of the lake and providing the territory with the special places for rest. We give recommendations for making priority management decisions related to the development of recreation in the studied area. Further attention should be focused on controlling the most attractive and vulnerable areas, especially complexes of sand hills near the lake coast.