Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/SocEkol.32.1.2
Geoecological evaluation of the relief of the Hutovo Blato Nature Park
Maja Arapović
orcid.org/0009-0005-6996-1170
; City of Mostar - Department of the Economy, Braće Fejića 51, 88 000, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marica Mamut
; Odjel za Geografiju Sveučilišta u Zadru, Ulica dr. Franje Tuđmana 24, 23 000, Zadar
Abstract
The geoecological evaluation of the relief of the Hutovo blato Nature Park from the perspective of its touristic and recreational valorization was carried out based on previous geomorphological analysis. The paper examines tourism and recreation as sociological elements of the development of the Hutovo blato Nature Park. For the geoecological evaluation, landforms of a certain degree of attractiveness (peaks, slopes, troughs and valley bottoms, ravines, the area around Lake Deran, the area around Lake Svitava and Lake Svitava) were selected, which were then evaluated for the following forms of recreation: walking, mountain biking, recreational cycling, bird and landscape watching, as well as kayaking and canoeing. The degree of convenience of relief for the mentioned types of recreation was determined based on its physical convenience, aesthetic value and accessibility. In the evaluation process, the method of relative relief evaluation was used. The conducted evaluation revealed the valuable and potentially valuable parts of the relief, but also the limiting elements of the landscape, which are the reason why certain parts have not been sufficiently valorized for tourism. This especially applies to the eastern and southeastern parts of the Park, with a pronounced problem of physical convenience and (in)accessibility (distance and the absence or the lack of maintenance of footpaths, difficult navigation and inaccessibility of the coast overgrown with vegetation). Possible activities to increase the geoecological value of the area are proposed (introduction of infrastructure for recreational cycling, and renovation of old and introduction of new educational paths for walking and education in an area that has the potential to become an interesting and attractive part of the Hutovo Blato Nature Park).
Keywords
Nature Park; Hutovo blato; geoecological evaluation; tourism; recreation
Hrčak ID:
301036
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Publication date:
30.4.2023.
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