Section

Economic, social, political and recreational geography

Title

LANDSCAPE-ECOLOGICAL RATIONALES FOR PLANNING RECREATIONAL LOADS IN THE BUFFER ZONE OF THE FAR-EASTERN MARINE NATURE RESERVE

Сontributors

A. V. Khoroshev, Associate Professor, Ph. D. (Geography), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

V. P. Chizhova, Leading Scientific Researcher, Ph. D. (Geography), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

Lomonosov Moscow State University;

E. A. Chubar', Scientific researcher, Ph. D. (Biology), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

A. A. Gulbina, Head of the Department, Far-Eastern Marine Biosphere State Nature Reserve, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

A.N. Malyutin, Principal scientific researcher, Ph. D. (Biology), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

Far-Eastern Marine Biosphere State Nature Reserve.

Abstract

The article deals with the results of the bioindication studies of the birch (Betula pendula Roth.) development in urbanized areas. This method researches the size of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of birch leaves in different parts of urbosystems (residential areas, streets and roads, parks and green areas). Two large cities of the Republic of Tatarstan were chosen as the objects of research: Kazan and Nizhnekamsk. Kazan is characterized by high levels of manmade pressure, the motor transport is the largest source of negative impact on the environment there. The environmental situation of Nizhnekamsk depends on industrial ejections, oil treatment factories are the main sources of air contamination in this city. Bioindication studies have revealed the tendency of the environmental quality improvement and heterogeneity in the spatial distribution of FA index in both cities. The influence of wind direction on the distribution of FA index in the territory of the cities is extremely important.

Keywords

Far-Eastern marine nature reserve, protection zone, recreation, landscape, landscape planning, ecological values, scenario.

References

The paper focuses on comparing the scenarios of recreational land use based on landscape planning tools. The study was conducted in the buffer zone of the Far-Eastern Marine Nature Reserve located on the Gamov Peninsula coast adjusting to the Peter the Great Gulf. The landscape structure description is provided for the study area. Pathways of both natural and anthropogenic matter migration were identified in order to assess their possible impact on the protected water area. We proposed the necessary planning decisions to neutralize negative effects. Ecological values were determined for each type of natural territorial units. This enabled us to propose unit-specific environment-friendly kinds of recreation activity. Landscape-planning decisions were elaborated for several scenarios of interrelations between the nature reserve, land owner, and recreants. Allowable recreation loads were evaluated. We proposed the set of rules for the landscape-planning decisions: a) forecast of man-induced redistribution of flows and creation/protection of the alternative locations for activity; b) redirection of undesirable flows from the vulnerable objects; c) localization of negative impacts and minimization of the undesirable flows dispersion; d) preservation of buffer zones between undesirable flows and vulnerable objects.