Naslov
Visitor Risk Management in Medvednica Nature Park

Autori
Popijač, Marina ; Wolf Kramarić, Sandra ; Jurjević Varga, Martina ; Zec, Silvija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 10th International Scientific and Expert Conference TEAM 2022 / Damjanović, Darko ; Stojšić, Josip ; Mirosavljević, Krunoslav ; Sivrić, Hrvoje - Slavonski Brod : Sveučilište u Slavonskom Brodu, 2022, 559-564

Skup
10th International Scientific and Expert Conference TEAM2022

Mjesto i datum
Slavonski Brod, Hrvatska, 21.09.2022. - 22.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
management ; visitors ; danger ; risk ; diseases ; nature park

Sažetak
The most common forms of using Medvednica Nature Park (Medvednica NP) are sport and recreation and enjoying nature. Public Institution Nature Park Medvednica (PI NPM) manages a total of 17.938 ha and has over 1.000.000 visitors a year. Due to such a large number of visits and the diversity of visiting interests, PI NPM is faced with a number of issues related to visitor management, which includes maintaining high standards of visitors' safety. Visitation itself, and especially some forms of recreation, have their hidden dangers, moreover for most recreational activities risk and challenges are their feature and integral part. Besides recreational activities, a large risk for visitors presents natural disasters caused by climate change, but also different human diseases like COVID-19 diseases, and wildlife diseases that can consequently endanger human health (zoonoses). Most risks are inherent risks that cannot be prevented due to a number of uncontrolled factors. A new type of risk emerged with the opening of the central visitation point, Medvedgrad Visitor Center, given that a larger group of people gathers in one place, which opens up new risk opportunities. The majority of visitors are prone to use drones without authorization, because of their easy commercial availability and relatively low prices. In such conditions, there is a high danger of using drones over a large group of people outdoors, which could fall and injure the group, but neither can the possibility of their misuse for terrorist purposes cannot be excluded. In order to adapt to the new conditions of protected area management, increased awareness of danger in Medvednic NP is being advanced, which indicates the need to manage visits and recreational activities by launching a modern concept of visitor risk management.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Interdisciplinarne biotehničke znanosti

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