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Visitors' Impact Evaluation in the Čertoryje Nature Preserve
Čtrnáctý, Jaromír ; Banaš, Marek (advisor) ; Čihař, Martin (referee)
- 8 - ABSTRACT During the last years, nature-based tourism has been a rapidly growing branch. The most significant impacts are often located in the most valuable and vulnerable nature areas. Therefore, finding a compromise between the concerns of visitors and nature area protection will become vital in the near future. This thesis explores the relationship between the visitors' flow and the environment in the Čertoryje Nature Preserve in Bílé Karpaty Mountains. The work consists of four main parts - a map of values, a map of vulnerability, a map of impacts and counting of visitors at the most used routes within the preserve. The work is supported by a survey aimed at the visitors' opinions and by an evaluation of the visitors' space distribution. Finally, the work is completed by concrete management suggestions. As expected, it has been found out that the most valuable and vulnerable areas are the valley of the stream Járkovec and it's south-western slope. This is also where most of the visitors' impacts have been located. Nevertheless, the overall number of the visitors during the survey period turned out to be a bit lower than expected. The survey also revealed that most of the visitors come to the area because of the fauna and flora richness (45,2 % of respondents) and that they stay mainly just for one...
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Visitors' Impact Evaluation in the Čertoryje Nature Preserve
Čtrnáctý, Jaromír ; Čihař, Martin (referee) ; Banaš, Marek (advisor)
- 8 - ABSTRACT During the last years, nature-based tourism has been a rapidly growing branch. The most significant impacts are often located in the most valuable and vulnerable nature areas. Therefore, finding a compromise between the concerns of visitors and nature area protection will become vital in the near future. This thesis explores the relationship between the visitors' flow and the environment in the Čertoryje Nature Preserve in Bílé Karpaty Mountains. The work consists of four main parts - a map of values, a map of vulnerability, a map of impacts and counting of visitors at the most used routes within the preserve. The work is supported by a survey aimed at the visitors' opinions and by an evaluation of the visitors' space distribution. Finally, the work is completed by concrete management suggestions. As expected, it has been found out that the most valuable and vulnerable areas are the valley of the stream Járkovec and it's south-western slope. This is also where most of the visitors' impacts have been located. Nevertheless, the overall number of the visitors during the survey period turned out to be a bit lower than expected. The survey also revealed that most of the visitors come to the area because of the fauna and flora richness (45,2 % of respondents) and that they stay mainly just for one...
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Energy Performance Contracting
Čtrnáctý, Jaromír ; Geuss, Erik (advisor) ; Branžovský, Antonín (referee)
Energy Performance Contracting is an energy saving method, when the supplier guarantees a certain minimal level of energy savings to the customer, as well as non-rising energy costs. The method was developed at the turn of 70's and 80's in the USA and has spread to dozens of countries around the world till today, although the rate of the EPC market development differs from country to country. The method is useful mostly for heating, electricity and gas cost savings by the end-users. In the Czech Republic, the method has been used since 1993. Until now, several dozens, or even hundreds of projects have been realized, mostly for public sector customers. This paper analyzes the current state of the EPC method usage around the world as well as in the Czech Republic, the key part comprises of the EPC principles description, based on data from real EPC contracts. The work is concluded by a SWOT analysis of the method and by a discussion of the following question: "Can EPC projects blockade the overall saving potential in some cases?" The key information source for most of the work were answers to questions sent to eight Czech ESCO companies representatives, as well as the outputs from guided interviews with four of them, which were taking place between January and May 2009.
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