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How Do Observable Characteristics of Post-Mining Forests Affect Their Attractiveness for Recreation?

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Braun Kohlová, MarkétaORCiD Profile - 0000-0002-1501-4873WoS Profile - P-4433-2016Scopus Profile - 56755272400
Nepožitková, Petra
Melichar, JanORCiD Profile - 0000-0003-1688-3752WoS Profile - I-8494-2012Scopus Profile - 56862011400
Publication date
2021
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Land [online]
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10 (9)
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ISSN: 2073-445X
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eISSN: 2073-445X
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This publication has a published version with DOI 10.3390/land10090910

Abstract
Afforestation is a popular practice of the recovery of landscape affected by open-cast coal mining. We investigated what impact the observable characteristics of restored forests have on their attractiveness for recreation framed as a one hour walk in a respective type of forest. In this study, we elaborate on some of the observable characteristics which have been previously found in the literature to affect the perceived attractiveness of outdoor environments. Environmental preference data were collected online using a quasi-representative sample of affected and control populations of the Czech Republic (N = 869). The questionnaire employed visual representations of typical reclaimed forest sites on spoil heaps in the Sokolov mining district. A mediation analysis revealed that forests growing in post-mining areas are perceived more negatively than the typical commercial spruce forest due to their lower permeability, lower level of stewardship, and perceived low safety. However, there are differences in observed characteristics also between different types of restored forests, even when controlling the effect of forest age. The results show for forestry practice that while some of the observed characteristics change by themselves with the increasing age of the forest (permeability, perceived safety, and naturalness of successional forests), improvement in others requires targeted after-care (perceived stewardship). In any case, our results are promising in that they imply that the recreational value of restored forests in post-mining areas may further increase in the future.
Keywords
reclamation, open-cast coal mine, environmental preference, recreation, attractiveness, observable characteristics, empirical survey, Czech Republic, photographs, mediation analysis
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