Radovi, Vol. 41 No. 1/2, 2006.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Characteristics of the visitors and their reasons for visiting forest areas of Sarajevo Canton
M. Avdibegović
D. Vuletić
E. Krilašević
Sažetak
Protected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina are mainly established within the existing forest management areas causing a number of cross-sectoral conflicts. In order to modify the role of forest sector and achieve sustainable forest management, it is indispensable to determine the characteristics of the visitors to protected areas but also the reasons for their visits and their attitude toward forest companies. For that reason, the research of social, demographic, and economic characteristics of forest visitors has been conducted in the areas of the Canton Sarajevo and a purposefully prepard quertbunaire by using the method of direct, oral, partly structured interview. The results show that forest visitors have on average higher degree of education comparing to the B&H population and these are mainly local people, either younger or middle age. A lack of free time is identified as the limiting factor for visiting the nature. For the majority of visitors, forest in a wider context is synonym for the nature and protected areas. Due to the relatively high percentage of visitors with the residence in the nearest town, the analysed areas can be classified as the urban or semi-urban forest areas; the fact that designates the management system. The level of visitors’ dissatisfaction related to the activities of forest companies as well as the reasons for this are also identified. The results of this research enable better understanding of the interaction between the visitors' demands and the forestry business systems, pointing out the modalities of forest sector adjustments to the changing demands of the society towards forest resources.
Ključne riječi
forest resources; social demands of visitors; multifunctional forestry
Hrčak ID:
16900
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.12.2006.
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