Assessment of the forest landscape along selected motor vehicle routes

Autorzy

• Emilia Janeczko Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Utilization, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: woznickam@wl.sggw.pl
• Krzysztof Janeczko Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Management and Economics of Forestry, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
• Tadeusz Moskalik Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Utilization, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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• Małgorzata Woźnicka Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Utilization, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research that aims to analyse and evaluate the attractiveness of the forest landscape in the vicinity of selected motor vehicle routes that differ in terms of technical parameters, such as motorways, regional roads and local (municipal) roads. The diversity of landscape units was used as the measure of landscape attractiveness. Landscape diversity analysis allows to establish the details related to specific parts of the road and the options for configuring the road environment. These options relate to the way the forest is managed and mainly involve aspects of infrastructure and cultivation. They include activities such as afforestation work and rebuilding the species composition of forest stands. According to the research, the lower the technical class of a road, the greater is the need to take action to adapt the structural-tree stand system to meet the safety requirements of road users.

Keywords

• aesthetics landscape
• landscape planning
• roadways
• social preferences