Jerzy Nita
Articles
Scenic Values of the Częstochowa-Katowice Section of National Road No 1
Geographia Polonica (2014) vol. 87, iss. 1, pp. 113-126 | 
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doi: https://doi.org/GPol.2014.7
Abstract
The road investment stage is always preceded with projects, which relate to multifaceted economic, environmentaland spatial analyses. The visual values of the surroundings are usually neglected when designing and building motorways and express roads. The authors believe that the increasingly large-space range of motorway construction requires that more attention be paid to the landscape context of such investments. Functioning of all objects of the accompanying infrastructure of the transportation system affect the way the space is organized. The aim of the article is to assess, in detail, the scenic values of a selected section of the Pan-European Transport Road Corridor – National Road No. 1, in the Silesian Voivodship. The Pan-European Transport Road Corridor runs through Poland from south to north.
Keywords: landscape assessment, landscape aesthetic, scenic values, visibility map, motorway, Silesian Voivodship
, University of Silesia Faculty of Earth Sciences Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec: Poland
, University of Silesia Faculty of Earth Sciences Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec: Poland
Quarries In Landscape And Geotourism
Geographia Polonica (2012) vol. 85, iss. 4, pp. 5-12 | Full text
doi: https://doi.org/GPol.2012.4.20
Abstract
In Poland there are about 590 actively quarried deposits of mineral resources referred to as natural building stone, orquarry stone (database Midas). According to data from the Polish Geological Institute 730 medium and large quarriesare located throughout the country. Most of the quarries work sandstone, limestone, granite, basalt or dolomite. The largestPolish sites exceed 1 km2 in area, while those in other countries can be larger than 10 km2. Once its mineral workingoperations cease, a quarry begins functioning in harmony with the landscape as a former mineral working site. That iswhen the biotic and abiotic elements arrive at a state of equilibrium. The scenic function of a quarry should be interpretedas a set of elements, composed of escarpments, cliffs, spoil heaps, the stage of exploitation, etc. The paper discusses theimpact of quarries on the landscape and their potential value for geotourism.
Keywords: landscape, quarry, visualisation, geotourism, Poland
, University of Silesia Faculty of Earth Sciences Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec: Poland