Cultural functions and services of geodiversity within urban areas (with a special regard on tourism and recreation)

0508327 - ÚGN 2020 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kubalíková, Lucie - Bajer, A. - Drápela, E. - Zapletalová, D. - Kirchner, Karel - Balková, M. - Zágoršek, K. - Kuda, František - Roštínský, Pavel
Cultural functions and services of geodiversity within urban areas (with a special regard on tourism and recreation).
Public recreation and landscape protection - with sense hand in hand…. Brno: Mendel University in BRno, 2019 - (Fialová, J.), s. 84-89. ISBN 978-80-7509-659-3. ISSN 2336-6311. E-ISSN 2336-632X.
[Public recreation and landscape protection - with sense hand in hand…. Křtiny (CZ), 13.05.2019-15.05.2019]
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR(CZ) TL02000219
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : geotourism * geocultural site * assessment * Brno * Liberec
OECD category: Physical geography

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.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299266