The assessment of recreational capacity of arid ecosystems (for example, landscapes of bogdo-baskunchaksky state reserve)

Abstract

The problem of the assessment of recreational potential of arid landscapes of the Zavolzhie (of the areas situated behind Volga) is considered. It is caused by lack of appropriate normative base and procedures of trustworthy assessment. First results of field researches connected with an attempt to assess the recreational potential of arid landscapes of Bogdo-Baskunchaksky State Reserve are given.

Keywords

• recreational potential of arid ecosystems
• assessment procedure
• stability of a landscape