Naslov
Burden of the Coastal Area with Solid Waste in Kornati National Park (Croatia)

Autori
Špeh, Natalija ; Lončarić, Robert ; Breznik, Kristjan ; Surić, Maša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Hidden Geographies

Urednik/ci
Krevs, Marko

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Cham

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
153-170

ISBN
978-3-030-74589-9

ISSN
2522-8420

Ključne riječi
Marine pollution ; coastal area ; solid waste ; cluster analysis ; Kornati National Park ; Croatia

Sažetak
The problem of waste disposal in the Kornati archipelago is clearly an issue of hidden geography since it is often neglected in the scientific literature and media alike. This paper summarises a realised joint preparation of the methodology for the inventory of solid waste in the coastal zone. The methodology was used and tested for the inventory of solid waste in Kornati National Park which encompasses a large part of the Kornati archipelago located in the central part of the Croatian Adriatic coast. Inventory of solid waste is the first and crucial step in the management of this often-overlooked issue. Approximately two-thirds of the land and the waters of the Kornati archipelago (217 km2) in Central Dalmatia were proclaimed as a national park in 1980. It is a place of exceptional natural values, cultural heritage and occasional population, which is at the same time very attractive for visitors. The purpose of the National Park’s management plan for the area was to maintain high aesthetics of the landscape and the extremely rich marine ecosystem. The observed natural conditions (winds and currents) and socio- economic features (environmental pressures during the peak tourist season) are causing specific problems within the park in terms of waste pollution. Human activities and their influence seem to be concentrated in the coastal zone: (a) areas with (occasional) settlements and infrastructure intended for the predominant nautical tourism, and (b) uninhabited areas mostly with bays and coves accessible only from the sea. Data show different origins of the waste according to the country of their production: Croatia, Turkey, Albania, Poland, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary and North Macedonia with prevailing household plastic waste and solid wood waste. Evidently, waste has not stopped accumulating there.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geografija

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