Some aspects of evaluating the efficiency of frequently visited recreation areas

The present stage of civilization development is — especially in economically and industrially advanced economic formations — characterized by contradictory attitudes towards land economy. Development programmes have been placing ever greater demands on land and have involved frequent changes in its functions. At the same time there has been a growing awareness of social responsibility for the preservation of the basic environmental assets, which can only be achieved by an effective conservancy of nature and by not disturbing its new ecosystems.