Development of a territorial ecological-recreation system

At present, with the growing recreation impact on the environment, the issues of systems creation that provide forming the relations between elements based on the optimum relationship of recreational use of natural geosystems, preservation of natural quality of the environment and satisfaction of social demands in recreation are of great significance. In our opinion, such systems can be territorial ecological-recreation systems (TERS); their formation, management and development uppermost rely on geoecological principles. The principles rest upon the following general nature protection regulations: - nature conservation in the course of its use, - nature protection as socially necessary activity, etc.The basis for these principles is the study of the most significant features of natural geosystems, its preservation is important both for systems functioning and for safe environment preservation.As applied to TERS creation, the following geoecological principles were formulated: - system principle, - territoriality principle,- obligatoriness of nature protection activities in present-day conditions, - principle of advance warning of negative aftereffects of recreational activities; - principle of constant monitoring of TERS functioning and development; - principle of manageability.The most important prerequisite for the development of territorial ecological-recreational systems is the correct functional-recreational organization of a territory implying the regulation of tourist-recreational development in accordance with a territory regime. In this case estimation of ecological-recreational potential (ERP) of natural geosystems is of considerable importance. It will allow revealing of the most favourable and unfavourable natural conditions and resources for recreational activities, and establishing ecological standards of natural geosystems operation. For this purpose, an algorithm of ERP estimation was developed and approved in Altai Kray, one of the most attractive recreational regions of Russia. Altai Kray involves four functional-recreational areas and thirteen ecological-recreational clusters that differ in ecological value of natural geosystems, recreational potential, stability, current recreational load and capacity. Each unit of the system has environmental problems and managerial decisions of its own. The assessment of ecological-recreational potential of the Altai Kray territory allowed forming the basis for establishing a TERS region.

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