Original title: Cultural functions and services of geodiversity within urban areas (with a special regard on tourism and recreation)
Authors: Kubalíková, Lucie ; Bajer, A. ; Drápela, E. ; Zapletalová, D. ; Kirchner, Karel ; Balková, M. ; Zágoršek, K. ; Kuda, František ; Roštínský, Pavel
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Public recreation and landscape protection - with sense hand in hand…, Křtiny (CZ), 20190513
Year: 2019
Language: eng
Abstract: Geodiversity (or abiotic nature) within urban areas has numerous functions and offers various benefits and services. In addition, it has strong links to cultural heritage and historical aspects and it influences and is influenced by urban development and planning. The geodiversity functions and services can be sorted according to the ecosystem services approach: regulating, supporting, provisioning and cultural services. The last mentioned includes a wide spectrum of aspects (spiritual, religious, historical, archaeological, social, artistic, sense of place etc.) and besides this, it encompasses also the tourist and recreational functions which are (in some cases) unexplored and underestimated in urban areas. The paper presents examples from two different Czech cities – Brno and Liberec. Selected geocultural sites are described and assessed and specific proposals for tourist, recreational and educational use are outlined. The results of evaluation show that they can represent an interesting alternative to the traditional tourist destinations within urban areas.
Keywords: assessment; Brno; geocultural site; geotourism; Liberec
Project no.: TL02000219
Funding provider: GA TA ČR
Host item entry: Public recreation and landscape protection - with sense hand in hand…, ISBN 978-80-7509-659-3, ISSN 2336-6311

Institution: Institute of Geonics AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available in the digital repository of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299266

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