DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0292

Restoration of small river to increase the recreational and tourist potential of rural area

Andrej Škrinár, Michaela Danáčová, Roman Výleta

The study is focused on increasing the recreational and tourist potential of the rural part of the western Slovak village Vrbovce. The Teplica River, flowing through the village, has been inappropriately regulated neglecting the river ecosystem and currently provides very few opportunities for recreational use. The study was also initiated by the efforts to improve the ecological condition of the river by implementing restoration measures including the use of the stream potential for the aesthetic creation of public space.
The proposal for a scenario is described to achieve a highly positive effect with relatively low financial resources. In this locality, there is an old unused millrace, which is in very poor condition and full of waste material. Its restoration and connection to the regulated main riverbed will create a side arm and a valuable variable microhabitat will be obtained in the aquatic environment as a counterweight to the monotonous regulated reach. The re-connection of the millrace will provide an important microhabitat for the biota, especially in the summer period of minimum flows. This measure together with the revitalisation and replenishment of the existing greenery and the design of the nature trail will significantly increase the attractiveness of the area for recreation and tourism development.

Klíčová slova: public space, millrace, rural greenery, river regulation, Teplica

stránky: 292-296, Publikováno: 2022, online: 2022