This paper summarizes the views of the author on the new book titled ’Cold-blooded Vertebrates in... more This paper summarizes the views of the author on the new book titled ’Cold-blooded Vertebrates in Nicaragua and its Regional Development’ by Ivo Pavlík and Miguel Ángel Garmendia Zapata.
Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and ofte... more Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and often unique cultural environments. Climate change is a growing concern, which particularly strongly affects shallow lakes. Analyzing the key factors of sustainable local and regional development in the vicinity of lakes, assessing the environmental risks of pollution, large scale agriculture, waste management and energy production, we propose a complex, stakeholder based management system and holistic regional development in lake areas, which will preserve natural ecosystems without compromising the sustainable use of ecosystem services. Regional and local production and use of renewable energy is essential both for environmental and economical sustainability. Tourism is particularly important as one of the main uses of lakes, but also an environmental risk for natural ecosystems when mass tourism and short-sighted profit is the driving force.
Lake management is extremely complex and requires a coordinated effort of research institutions, ... more Lake management is extremely complex and requires a coordinated effort of research institutions, community groups, individuals, landowners, and government. Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and often unique cultural environments. Climate change is a growing concern, which particularly strongly affects shallow lakes. The adverse impact of climate change is enhanced by extreme water level fluctuations and human factors such as environmental pollution from waste water discharge, large scale agriculture and shoreline constructions reducing or eliminating valuable wetlands. Since eutrophication is a leading cause of impairment of freshwater ecosystems, specific strategies to address a lake's nutrient enrichment must focus on activities in the watershed and, if needed, in-lake restoration techniques. Analyzing the key factors of sustainable local and regional development in the vicinity of lakes, assessing the environmental risks ...
The Balaton Ecomuseum in Hungary and the Landscape Observatory Vastra Gotaland in Sweden, has rec... more The Balaton Ecomuseum in Hungary and the Landscape Observatory Vastra Gotaland in Sweden, has recently initiated a cooperation were their combined functionalities creates a novel area of interactivity and provide models for sustainable landscape management. Both parties are recently developed and established and although they share some principal concerns on sustainable development of landscapes, there are also some basic differences. The ecomuseum relies primarily on bottom-up processes and approaches providing a joint platform for local and individual initiatives for safeguarding and developing resources to be found in the geographical area. A broadly defined stakeholder perspective is essential for the functionality of the ecomuseum. The landscape observatory on the other hand stems from a top-down perspective aiming at replacing so-called ‘silo planning’ with more horizontal approaches bringing different stakeholders together within a neutral space for balancing different option...
Inland waterways and their connections to marine transport systems constitute a substantial resou... more Inland waterways and their connections to marine transport systems constitute a substantial resource for the establishment of green infrastructures, flood prevention, and environmental conservation. However, these developments have numerous inherent environmental hazards such as water and air pollution, a loss of habitats, increased coastal erosion, the transfer of invasive species between connected watercourses and lakes, and the transport of pollutants through watercourses to coastal areas. Climate change may aggravate these environmental problems through changing temperatures, reduced precipitation, enhancing the adverse impact of excess nutrient discharge, and the entry of invasive species. In this study, we analyse the main European inland waterway corridors and their branches to assess the ecological viability of a pan-European inland waterway network. The environmental viability of such network depends on the right assessment of ecosystem services and protection of biodiversi...
Large scale cultivation of bioenergy crops can substantially alter the appearance and the ecology... more Large scale cultivation of bioenergy crops can substantially alter the appearance and the ecology of rural and agricultural landscapes, which constitute a valuable asset of our cultural heritage. The ecosystems and the built heritage of agricultural landscapes require holistic management structures built on self-sustaining ecological cycles and the sustainable use of ecosystem services put into the context of economical and demographical conditions of local and regional development strategies. Furthermore, the natural and cultural heritage of rural landscapes can play an important role for boosting economic growth and social cohesion if protected and used with a long term sustainability approach. This is particularly important for those rural landscapes, where establishing large scale traditional monoculture of bio energy crops might threaten both previously well functioning agro-ecosystems and the cultural values of the agricultural landscapes. However, sensible cultivation of ener...
Journal of Central European Green Innovation, 2017
Ecosystem services represent the direct and indirect benefits that people derive from ecosystems,... more Ecosystem services represent the direct and indirect benefits that people derive from ecosystems, and therefore they play an important bridging role in connecting human systems with ecological systems. Therefore, sustainable management of ecosystem services, the processes by which the changing environment produces resources, is essential particularly for those touristic destinations, which are located in ecologically sensitive areas. Conservation strategies, integrating the preserved natural and cultural values are essential for sustainable tourism and maintenance of touristic destinations in order to prevent overexploitation. We propose an ecosystem-centred holistic management structure for rural landscapes, which will enable regional planning strategists and tourism managers to protect rural touristic destinations from overexploitation and planning touristic business volumes according to the carrying capacity of these destinations in an economically feasible way. This includes reg...
The freezing of economies due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused damage not only on the sales side b... more The freezing of economies due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused damage not only on the sales side but also on the labor market due to the outflow of staff from companies specializing in the organization of meetings. The return of the meetings industry sector to the development path will involve skillful change management, including in the area of competencies and skills. To inventory and assess the competencies of employees in the meetings industry, this study was carried out among specialized enterprises in the meetings industry in Poland, Hungary, and Ireland, on samples of two research groups, i.e. the Director General (CEO) and operational employees based on questionnaires and individual in-depth interviews (IDI). The obtained results allowed to establish the hierarchy of self-assessment of own managerial competencies, assessment of the competencies of the CEO by the employees, areas of increasing team competencies, and areas of staff development in the sector shortly, contributin...
Maritime history and development of waterways is often perceived as a mostly marine issue includi... more Maritime history and development of waterways is often perceived as a mostly marine issue including activities linked directly to the oceans and seas and their coastal zones. However, inland waters and waterways constitute an important landscape-forming factor in terms of transport, wetland formation, watercourse regulations and flood prevention, agriculture, forestry, fishery, settlement structures, tourism and a number of related services. Lake Balaton in western Hungary is a unique environment regarding its geology, biodiversity, water resources (including springs and thermal waters) and rich cultural heritage. Inland navigation has greatly contributed to the development of settlement structures and trades in the region already from Roman times, but only with the appearance of steamboats and the internationally renowned shipyards the shipping of goods and personal transport reached a larger volume. Since Lake Balaton is a shallow lake, producing ships (both sailing boats and larg...
Woody biomass feedstock is suitable for direct combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, ethanol or me... more Woody biomass feedstock is suitable for direct combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, ethanol or methanol production yielding heat, charcoal, pyrolysis oil, green electricity and bio-propellants. However, there are several issues concerning the environmental, social and economic sustainability of woody biomass production connected to land use, protection of wildlife habitats, conservation and remediation of landscapes. Establishing energy plantations on arable lands or on grasslands is generally considered as working against nature conservation, while setting them up in polluted areas or wastelands could be advantageous for wildlife, because of 1. more permanent cover that provides shelter and biomass for feeding, which is especially important in winter periods; 2. higher architectural complexity of vegetation providing more place for nesting and feeding for wildlife; 3. exploiting the advantages of root filtration, phytoremediation, or using less chemicals; 4. forbs in the undergrowt...
This paper summarizes the views of the author on the new book titled ’Cold-blooded Vertebrates in... more This paper summarizes the views of the author on the new book titled ’Cold-blooded Vertebrates in Nicaragua and its Regional Development’ by Ivo Pavlík and Miguel Ángel Garmendia Zapata.
Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and ofte... more Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and often unique cultural environments. Climate change is a growing concern, which particularly strongly affects shallow lakes. Analyzing the key factors of sustainable local and regional development in the vicinity of lakes, assessing the environmental risks of pollution, large scale agriculture, waste management and energy production, we propose a complex, stakeholder based management system and holistic regional development in lake areas, which will preserve natural ecosystems without compromising the sustainable use of ecosystem services. Regional and local production and use of renewable energy is essential both for environmental and economical sustainability. Tourism is particularly important as one of the main uses of lakes, but also an environmental risk for natural ecosystems when mass tourism and short-sighted profit is the driving force.
Lake management is extremely complex and requires a coordinated effort of research institutions, ... more Lake management is extremely complex and requires a coordinated effort of research institutions, community groups, individuals, landowners, and government. Lakes constitute an important group of natural resources due to their ecosystem services and often unique cultural environments. Climate change is a growing concern, which particularly strongly affects shallow lakes. The adverse impact of climate change is enhanced by extreme water level fluctuations and human factors such as environmental pollution from waste water discharge, large scale agriculture and shoreline constructions reducing or eliminating valuable wetlands. Since eutrophication is a leading cause of impairment of freshwater ecosystems, specific strategies to address a lake's nutrient enrichment must focus on activities in the watershed and, if needed, in-lake restoration techniques. Analyzing the key factors of sustainable local and regional development in the vicinity of lakes, assessing the environmental risks ...
The Balaton Ecomuseum in Hungary and the Landscape Observatory Vastra Gotaland in Sweden, has rec... more The Balaton Ecomuseum in Hungary and the Landscape Observatory Vastra Gotaland in Sweden, has recently initiated a cooperation were their combined functionalities creates a novel area of interactivity and provide models for sustainable landscape management. Both parties are recently developed and established and although they share some principal concerns on sustainable development of landscapes, there are also some basic differences. The ecomuseum relies primarily on bottom-up processes and approaches providing a joint platform for local and individual initiatives for safeguarding and developing resources to be found in the geographical area. A broadly defined stakeholder perspective is essential for the functionality of the ecomuseum. The landscape observatory on the other hand stems from a top-down perspective aiming at replacing so-called ‘silo planning’ with more horizontal approaches bringing different stakeholders together within a neutral space for balancing different option...
Inland waterways and their connections to marine transport systems constitute a substantial resou... more Inland waterways and their connections to marine transport systems constitute a substantial resource for the establishment of green infrastructures, flood prevention, and environmental conservation. However, these developments have numerous inherent environmental hazards such as water and air pollution, a loss of habitats, increased coastal erosion, the transfer of invasive species between connected watercourses and lakes, and the transport of pollutants through watercourses to coastal areas. Climate change may aggravate these environmental problems through changing temperatures, reduced precipitation, enhancing the adverse impact of excess nutrient discharge, and the entry of invasive species. In this study, we analyse the main European inland waterway corridors and their branches to assess the ecological viability of a pan-European inland waterway network. The environmental viability of such network depends on the right assessment of ecosystem services and protection of biodiversi...
Large scale cultivation of bioenergy crops can substantially alter the appearance and the ecology... more Large scale cultivation of bioenergy crops can substantially alter the appearance and the ecology of rural and agricultural landscapes, which constitute a valuable asset of our cultural heritage. The ecosystems and the built heritage of agricultural landscapes require holistic management structures built on self-sustaining ecological cycles and the sustainable use of ecosystem services put into the context of economical and demographical conditions of local and regional development strategies. Furthermore, the natural and cultural heritage of rural landscapes can play an important role for boosting economic growth and social cohesion if protected and used with a long term sustainability approach. This is particularly important for those rural landscapes, where establishing large scale traditional monoculture of bio energy crops might threaten both previously well functioning agro-ecosystems and the cultural values of the agricultural landscapes. However, sensible cultivation of ener...
Journal of Central European Green Innovation, 2017
Ecosystem services represent the direct and indirect benefits that people derive from ecosystems,... more Ecosystem services represent the direct and indirect benefits that people derive from ecosystems, and therefore they play an important bridging role in connecting human systems with ecological systems. Therefore, sustainable management of ecosystem services, the processes by which the changing environment produces resources, is essential particularly for those touristic destinations, which are located in ecologically sensitive areas. Conservation strategies, integrating the preserved natural and cultural values are essential for sustainable tourism and maintenance of touristic destinations in order to prevent overexploitation. We propose an ecosystem-centred holistic management structure for rural landscapes, which will enable regional planning strategists and tourism managers to protect rural touristic destinations from overexploitation and planning touristic business volumes according to the carrying capacity of these destinations in an economically feasible way. This includes reg...
The freezing of economies due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused damage not only on the sales side b... more The freezing of economies due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused damage not only on the sales side but also on the labor market due to the outflow of staff from companies specializing in the organization of meetings. The return of the meetings industry sector to the development path will involve skillful change management, including in the area of competencies and skills. To inventory and assess the competencies of employees in the meetings industry, this study was carried out among specialized enterprises in the meetings industry in Poland, Hungary, and Ireland, on samples of two research groups, i.e. the Director General (CEO) and operational employees based on questionnaires and individual in-depth interviews (IDI). The obtained results allowed to establish the hierarchy of self-assessment of own managerial competencies, assessment of the competencies of the CEO by the employees, areas of increasing team competencies, and areas of staff development in the sector shortly, contributin...
Maritime history and development of waterways is often perceived as a mostly marine issue includi... more Maritime history and development of waterways is often perceived as a mostly marine issue including activities linked directly to the oceans and seas and their coastal zones. However, inland waters and waterways constitute an important landscape-forming factor in terms of transport, wetland formation, watercourse regulations and flood prevention, agriculture, forestry, fishery, settlement structures, tourism and a number of related services. Lake Balaton in western Hungary is a unique environment regarding its geology, biodiversity, water resources (including springs and thermal waters) and rich cultural heritage. Inland navigation has greatly contributed to the development of settlement structures and trades in the region already from Roman times, but only with the appearance of steamboats and the internationally renowned shipyards the shipping of goods and personal transport reached a larger volume. Since Lake Balaton is a shallow lake, producing ships (both sailing boats and larg...
Woody biomass feedstock is suitable for direct combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, ethanol or me... more Woody biomass feedstock is suitable for direct combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, ethanol or methanol production yielding heat, charcoal, pyrolysis oil, green electricity and bio-propellants. However, there are several issues concerning the environmental, social and economic sustainability of woody biomass production connected to land use, protection of wildlife habitats, conservation and remediation of landscapes. Establishing energy plantations on arable lands or on grasslands is generally considered as working against nature conservation, while setting them up in polluted areas or wastelands could be advantageous for wildlife, because of 1. more permanent cover that provides shelter and biomass for feeding, which is especially important in winter periods; 2. higher architectural complexity of vegetation providing more place for nesting and feeding for wildlife; 3. exploiting the advantages of root filtration, phytoremediation, or using less chemicals; 4. forbs in the undergrowt...
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