Restoration of eroded surfaces in Serbian ski-areas
Titel:
Restoration of eroded surfaces in Serbian ski-areas
Auteur:
Ristić Ratko Radić Boris Vasiljević Nevena
Verschenen in:
Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta
Paginering:
Jaargang 2009 (2009) nr. 100 pagina's 31-54
Jaar:
2009
Inhoud:
The environmental impacts in Serbian ski areas are very strong, leading to landscape degradation and functionality losses. Construction or improvement works cause serious destruction of topsoil and native vegetation. Some activities enhance erosion production and sediment yield: clear cuttings; trunk transport down the slope; road construction and large excavations. Also, lack of erosion control works in ski areas, especially between April and October, result in various forms of land degradation such as furrows, gullies, landslides, or debris from rock weathering. The consequences of mismanagement in ski areas are noticeable in downstream sections of river beds, causing floods and bed-load deposition. Planning and designing activities, with the application of technical and biotechnical erosion control structures, through the concept of restoration, are necessary measures in the protection of ski areas.