Proceedings

UDK 502(474.3)
Su 830
Editor: Dr. Agita Līviņa, Latvia, Vidzeme University of Applied Science
International Scientific Committee:
Otars Opermanis, France, Museum national d' Histoire naturelle
Yukichika Kawata, Japan, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Brian Craig, Canada, Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation
Graham Whitelaw, Canada, School of Environmental Studies and School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen’s
University, Ontario
All papers of the proceedings were peer reviewed by independent reviewers.
English language editor: Silvija Kalniņš
Proofreader: Māra Antenišķe
Text layout and cover design: Ilze Reņģe
Cover photo: Andris Soms
© UNDP, ViA, NVBR 2009
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Biosphere Reserve”, and Latvian Council of Science
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Suggested citation/example
Bērziņa, A. 2009. Applying a Hierarchy Analysis in Assessing Political Viability of Strategic Tourism Direction
Alternatives: the Case of Amata County. In: Sustainable Planning Instruments and Biodiversity Conservation
(ed. Līviņa, A.). University of Latvia Press. Pp. 17–23.
Contents
Foreword
BRIAN CRAIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sustainable Development and Encouragement of Environmentally Friendly Branches
in the Latvian National Economy
DZINTRA ATSTĀJA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Integration of Requirements of Nature Management Plans into Spatial Planning: Methods and GIS Tools
JOLANTA BĀRA, KRISTĪNA AKSJUTA, DAINIS LAZDĀNS, MĀRIS NITCIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applying a Hierarchy Analysis in Assessing the Political Viability
of Strategic Tourism Direction Alternatives: the Case of Amata County
ILUTA BĒRZIŅA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Landscape Planning in Southern Caucasus, the Case of Georgia
RUSUDAN CHOCHUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Development of Visitor Impact Management in the Heritage Parks: Theoretical Findings
TAMĀRA GRIZĀNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Consumptive Tourism and Conservation of Natural Resources
YUKICHIKA KAWATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Spatial Structures of Tourism in the Rāzna National Park and Planning for Sustainable Development
ANDRIS KLEPERS, MAIJA ROZĪTE, JURIS SMAĻINSKIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Sustainable Development Profile Structure in the Biosphere Reserve
AGITA LĪVIŅA, IVETA DRUVA-DRUVASKALNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cultural and Natural Heritage: the Case Study of Vestiena Landscape Protected Area in Latvia
AIJA MELLUMA, MĀRTIŅŠ LŪKINS, RONALDS KRŪMIŅŠ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Monitoring of the Great Snipe and the Black Grouse in Specially Protected Nature Territories
EDWARD MONGIN, YURI BOGUTSKI, NICHOLAS CHERKAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Spatial Planning and Bioenergy: Use of GIS Instruments
ILZE NEIMANE, JURIS ZARIŅŠ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Community-Based Monitoring in Support of Sustainable Planning and Biodiversity Conservation:
a Case Study of the Monitoring the Moraine Project, Oak Ridges Moraine, Southern Ontario, Canada
GRAHAM WHITELAW,DANIEL MCCARTHY, DEBBE CRANDALL,
JOYCE CHAU, KATRINA BROUGHTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Road Mortality on the Long Point Causeway in 2008
ADAM WILSON and BRIAN CRAIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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