The dissertation is focused on solving a scientific task related to substantiation of organization of geoinformation systems of recreational tourist resources located within the Carpathian National Nature Park based on the grounds of the landscape science.
The feasibility of the landscape science approach, used as a basic one in organization of geoinformation systems and study of recreational tourist resources of the Carpathian NNP for improvement of tourism, nature protection and other activities, has been revealed. The main research principles and approaches of the landscape science organization of the Carpathian NNP geoinformation system have been stated, the methods of recreational assessment of its resources have been developed and implemented.
The Carpathian NNP GIS structure has been proposed; the content of standard geodatabase for data collection, storage and processing as well as the algorithm and procedure of relief recreational assessment, carried out to justify its use in solving several applied tasks (recreation, tourism, nature protection) have been determined Large-scale maps of the CNNP landscape complexes have been compiled, and regularities of the landscape structure within the study area at the level of localities and striae have been revealed.
The CNNP landscape diversity has been analysed. It was established that the structure of the park territory is morphologically complex, is characterized by specific features, integrity and mosaicity, as well as the diversity of natural landscape formations.
Landscape research is an essential foundation of scientific validation of measures, aimed at optimizing activities conducted at environmentally protected sites, based on a landscape science approach viewed as a way to understand the processes of formation, development, planning forecasting, and condition analysis of spatial and temporal structure of modern landscape complexes of natural and natural-anthropogenic systems.
A key principle of the park GIS organization is the construction of its logical structure and the content of the geodata base. The priority attention has been given to the landscape subsystem formation, which purpose is to display the component and spatial structure of the national park landscapes. The basin subsystem reflects material and energy flows in the park landscapes. The data on consequences of human impact on landscape complexes, the main types of management, in particular, land use, are concentrated in the management subsystem. Efficient functioning of the national park is impossible without a management unit i. e. the administration (administrative subsystem).
Favourable climatic conditions, mountainous terrain, picturesque landscapes of the Carpathian forests, alpine valleys, a dense network of rapid mountain flows, the diversity of flora and fauna, the presence of cultural and architectural monuments in the national park contribute to the intensive development of all kinds of recreation.
An atlas of the CNNP information system as a basis for studying, developing and monitoring its recreational and tourist activities has been proposed. Using a digital relief model, maps of slope steepness, vertical and horizontal fragmentation have been developed and constructed, and the recreational assessment of the CNNP relief has been conducted. The assessment of weather and climatic conditions comfort for recreation needs has been performed.
To make informed managerial decisions in the field of environmental protection, an important place should be given to the geographic information system, which is supposed to have various databases at its disposal and promptly model possible negative phenomena resulting from economic activities or natural disasters.
The knowledge of experience of GIS-technologies application in studying recreational and tourist resources has been enhanced (as exemplified by the Carpathian National Nature Park).
The technologies of geoinformation mapping in recreational and tourist industry and feasibility of their application for environmental protection facilities have been further developed.
For scientific institutions, tourist organizations the received research results will serve as a material for scientific and tourist work, improvement of existing and creation of new tourist trails, introduction to recreational and tourist resources, their role in economic and ecological potential and further development. Also, the results contribute to the formation of practical skills of using GIS and GIS-technologies to organize the functional and territorial structure and recreational resources of forest natural complexes as the basis for the development of recreational and tourist activities of the Carpathian NNP, and can also be applied to organize the use and protection of local resources.
