DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0218

Natural potential of Kvemo Kartli Region in south-eastern Georgia

Peter Rončák, Justína Vitková, Peter Šurda

Georgia, despite its relatively small territory, has a large number of valuable natural resources. Kvemo Kartli is a region distinguished by the indigenous natural wealth and beauty of Georgia. The province of Kvemo Kartli consists of six rayons or districts. This paper was focused on Bolnisi rayon.
In this article, we also focused on the impact of climate change and land use change on natural potential in Kvemo Kartli Region. For the purposes of this task, a land use scenario was created on the basis of the delimitation criteria, where the extreme land use changes were made. As a result, approximately 90% of the deciduous trees were removed from this scenario and replaced by short grass. The use of water on forested land is generally greater than that of other land-use types, which leads to reduced flows from river basins. Although forests have obvious effects on flood events for small-scale catchments, the effects of forests on floods are likely to be minimal for large-scale catchments. Climate change and land use change will not significantly affect natural potential.

Keywords: recreation, climate change, land use change scenario

pages: 218-221, Published: 2022, online: 2022