Geografie 1993, 98, 102-106

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie1993098020102

Urbanistic, Landscape and Environmental Problems of the Doupov Mountains

Pavel Valtr

Urbioprojekt Plzeň - ateliér urbanismu, architektury a ekologie, Škrétova 18, 301 25 Plzeň, Czechia

The Doupov mountains represent a specific region with many contradictions - they embrace important natural values, but also areas with severely devastated nature. It is necessary to delimit protected areas here, as genetic bases for a renewal of the adjacent basins with the opencast coal mining. Starting from the assesment of a natural potential of the territory, it is inevitable to secure an alternative, non-military and environment-friendly usage of the region.