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The article describes processes of recreational urbanization on the example of the important recreational centre Donovaly in Slovakia. The aim of the article is to review these processes by verification of historical and geographical analyses and by field research. The article also accentuates some qualitative characteristics. In the last two decades, the following four fundamental factors contributed...
The aim of the article was to define and evaluate the importance of different conditions influencing the use of cultural monuments by tourism. The case regarded was the example of residential complexes in such specific areas like intramontane basins. Residential complexes were meant as complexes including both palace and park and also buildings with rural economy functions. This sort of rural complexes...
Contemporary determinants of urban socio-economic development are often attributed to several factors, which include: urban policy as specified by local governments, local entrepreneurship and legal regulations. These factors may have different effects upon urban development. This development hinges on the various resources available in a region: its environmental, cultural, economic and social elements...
Ski tourism is one of the most prospective kinds of tourism in Slovakia. Favourable physical and geographical conditions of the country have stimulated development of skiing and the creation of ski centres that have become the centres of winter tourism. Because of mass character of skiing, the construction of ski lifts and means of transport, their technical and technological modernizations, as well...
The aim of this article is to identify tourist values of the Eastern Beskids in Ukraine (within the borders of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts). According to field research, natural values are most important for tourism and they are the basis of several forms of tourism. It should be stressed that winter sports developed especially in the last few years. On the other hand, rich and unique ethnography...
The dynamic development of ski infrastructure in the Polish Carpathians is changing the existing structure of relationships among ski stations and their hierarchy in the system of tourist reception. Currently, one of the indicators of the stations' functioning is free market competitiveness and competition in the field of incoming tourism. One of the elements fundamental to the formation of competitiveness...
This article deals with the character and role of spa tourism in the Sudetes region, both in Poland and the Czech Republic. The present state and changes of the spa offer on both sides of the border are described here as well. The differences in the development of the Czech and Silesian part of the Sudetes arose in the middle ages already. The Silesian mineral springs used for curative purposes have...
The Bieszczady Mountains are one of the most beautiful regions in Poland. Usually it's their natural values that are emphasized, since the Bieszczady are regarded as the European oasis of feral nature. However, one should keep in mind that, for several centuries, people from various ethnic groups and confessions lived and worked in the region. This multiculturalism left traces in the architecture...
The article presents contemporary problems of the development of winter tourism and modernization of ski resorts in the Czech Beskids. Based on survey findings, tourists' opinions are presented regarding the condition of ski infrastructure, the services offered and actions necessary to be taken in order to improve the quality of recreation. Certain conflict situations have also been presented, which...
Agriculture used to be the most vital branch of economy in the Carpathian Mountains. It is particularly significant in the Carpathian Foothills. The importance of the agricultural function decreases towards the south in favour of forestry and tourism (Groch, Kurek 1995). The tourism function is particularly important for the Polish Carpathians, as they have the largest share of areas of the highest...
Tourist attractiveness of the Ukrainian Carpathians follows their position at the crossroads of central Europe's trade routes, abundance of environmental and cultural assets, as well as the constantly growing rate of investments in the tourist sector. The uniqueness of the region's tourist assets, which underlie the development of the region's holiday and health-resort functions, is the effect of...
Solar radiation is necessary for the proper development, maturing and functioning of the human body. A period of time when there was a deficit of solar radiation in the city of Krakow was identified and characterized. The period was selected based on diurnal values of cloudiness and sunshine duration from the years 1884-2009. An analysis of the impact of the deficit of solar radiation on the health...
It is well known that the area of investigation is the most densely populated region in Poland, and air is one of the most important environmental elements determining the quality of human life. In spite of the improvement in the aero-sanitary conditions in recent years, the situation in this region is still unfavorable. Although less frequent, there are cases of exceeded air pollution norms, daily...
The paper presents a description of synoptical and meteorological conditions on days with the highest suspended dust concentrations in three Central European cities (Brno, Sosnowiec and Krakow). The study was based on daily PM10 dust concentration records, selected weather data and calendars of types of synoptic situation (by T. Niedźwiedź and by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) for the year...
The impact of air temperature on the formation of generative organs of the European hazel (Corylus avellana L.) and the onsets of related phenophases during the years 1987-2009 in Central Slovakia (the Zvolen basin) are analyzed in this paper. The analyses are based on the records of 10% and full onset of catkins lenghtening, inflorescence emergence and flowering. Catkins lengthening was observed...
The urban climate causes intensive physical stress with negative impacts on health. Stations with automatic measurement regime lying in potentially comparable climatic conditions but significantly different environmental conditions were selected in order to analyze the heat waves incidence. The urban climate was represented by the Brno-Zabovresky and Mendel Square stations and the suburban climate...
The paper is devoted to a brief analysis of possible climate change impacts on the sub-urban and urban areas of south-western Slovakia. Climate change due to the enhanced greenhouse effect can result in about 2.5°C increase in the mean global temperature until 2100. In Slovakia it is assumed to be a range of 2 to 4°C. On the other hand, additional warming of urban areas is caused mainly by a changed...
Krakow is one of the most polluted cities in Poland. Its natural ventilation is limited due to the location of the city in a river valley. Air temperature inversions are an important element of the local climate in Krakow and a factor strongly influencing air pollution dispersion conditions. Traditional, multi-annual (1972-1996) measurements of air temperature, from three rural stations, and 1-year...
Edward Stenz (1897-1956) was a renowned Polish scientist and explorer whose life was closely associated with Afghanistan. He went to Afghanistan before World War II and stayed there for nine years (1939-1948) due to the political situation in Europe. He pursued research throughout the country, which was not easy since Afghanistan had virtually no infrastructure, distances were large and the landscape...
The 19th century saw the birth of a new scientific discipline: geophysics. Polish scholars played a pivotal role in its creation, with pioneering contributions coming particularly from scientists working in Kraków. Owing to the ambitions of the Jagiellonian University and its understanding of the newest scientific trends and needs, research-friendly conditions were created for two academics of a global...
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