Beskydy 2014, 7, 69-80
Recreational potential of the regulated watercourse Ostravice river in Ostrava urban area
Water coursess are segments in the country increasing its recreational potential. The current goal of revitalization measures in the landscape primarily consists of the optimization of landscape water regime, incl. flood control measures and the promotion of biodiversity, but the current philosophy speaks of multifunctional land usage. In the society there has been indicated the necessity for recreation, because a large part of the population lives in urban settlements and is employed in an artificial technical environment that has largely inadequate sanitary conditions (unfavourable microclimate, noise, dust, etc.). Recreation as a social phenomenon is therefore a permanent part of the lifestyle in economically developed countries. However, the revitalization is currently underappreciated in the Czech Republic and it is important to increase recreational potential of the landscape. The subject of this article is evaluation of regulated watercourse Ostravice river in Ostrava urban area. The model area of river Ostravice in Ostrava region is described here. In the model area is evaluated some elements of recreational potential of revitalization by the proposed methodology. The outcome of the work is to propose an ongoing systematic procedure for assessment of the relevance of revitalization actions in terms of the recreational potential of the landscape and their impact on the development opportunities of the region.
Keywords
revitalization measures, recreational potential, evaluation methodology, revitalization of the Ostravice river.
