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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-087-0-0344

SUSTAINABLE NATURAL HABITATS – IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Pavel Cudlín1, Vilém Pechanec2, Ondřej Cudlín1, Renata Včeláková1, Marcela Prokopová1, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Alhuseen1, Jan Purkyt1
1 Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Bělidla 986/4a 603 00 Brno, Czechia
2 Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 50, 779 00 Olomouc, Czechia


In marginal mountain areas, tourism is often the only way to diversify the local economy. However, growing tourism pressure threatens the quality of natural habitats, which paradoxically form the very basis of the area's attractiveness for visitors. The aim of this study is to propose a methodological framework for assessing and monitoring tourism pressure and habitat status in marginalised mountain areas, evaluating whether recreational carrying capacity has been exceeded, and recommending measures to support sustainable tourism. The framework integrates three complementary tools: (1) the modified CZ-GLOBIO3 model to assess biodiversity endangerment, (2) a land use change analysis based on CORINE data 2006–2018 to identify development risks, and (3) the Habitat Valuation Method (HVM) to evaluate habitat quality based on eight ecological criteria. The approach is demonstrated in the Novohradské hory Mountains, Czech Republic.

Keywords: Biodiversity; overtourism; Corine LC data; GLOBIO model; Habitat Valuation Method

pages: 344-347, Published: 2026, online: 2026



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