Ensuring living space for plant and animal species and space for recreation for the city dwellers are classified as more important ecosystem services of forests. Shrinkage of forest areas is lowering the suitability of forests to perform recreation and habitat function. Recreation is one of the primary human needs and nature presents an ideal place for regeneration and reduces the level of stress due to the way of life in the city. Fundamental factor influencing the frequency of visits to the forest areas is their closeness. Fragmentation of natural landscape is making the accessibility to forest more difficult for humans and other organisms. Suitability of landscape for migration of living species through space contributes to vitality of ecosystems and is the foundation of landscape connectivity. The latter could be connected to opportunities for recreation in green areas. The Bachelor’s thesis is comparing concepts of landscape connectivity and accessibility to recreational areas theoretically, methodologically with the support of GIS tools and practically with the implementation in case of Maribor.
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