The chosen aspects of sustainable tourism in Warmia and Mazury province

In transformation time of Polish tourism, there is a general opinion, that the development of tourism can be the chance of economic development of regions. A very imortant role in the tourism development is attributed to the lanscape valu-es and natural environment. Rich relating touristic values, technical infrastructu-re, basic and supplementary devices offer is the decisive in development of touris-tic economy factor.Critical reaction on grander interference in natural and social and cultural supplies, in connection to endeavour of continuously economic growth is funda-mental to coming of conception of sustainable development of touristic activity. Article presented nature and lanscape value of Warmia and Mazury province which helping the development of sustainable tourism. The study wants to show the problems which are connected to realization of principles of sustainable tour-ism in Warmia and Mazury province. ...

Spa and natural environment on the example of szczawnica

In the elaboration attention has been paid to Szczawnica, a town in Mało-polskie province, Nowy Targ poviat, located in one of the most beautiful spots in the South Poland, where Pieniny Mountains meet Beskid Sądecki, in the valley of Grajcarka stream, tributary of Dunajec. Since the half of 19th century it has been a famous spa, functioning for almost 200 years. In 2005 by court's ruling the spa returned to its prewar owners - the family of Stadniccy counts. Carried out anal-yses, on-site visits, stocktaking, local surveys enabled learning more about the place, bringing closer its general potential, enabled drawing proper conclusions, especially in the context of tourist potential including spa potential of this special place, taking into consideration first of all unique natural environment. ...

The qualities of the Duchacki Park’s natural environment and cultural heritage presented in cartographic studies

The thesis contains description of the qualities of natural environment and cultural heritage of the manor park complex in Wola Duchacka in Cracow based on cartographic materials.Historical cadastral plans, military topographical photographs, iconographic materials and contemporary cadastral and object maps are the carriers of various spatial data. Therefore, the maps and plans drawn up within the space of two hundred thirty years have been analysed by means of a chronological and comparative method.The results of this analysis have been used by the Landscape Architecture students at the Cracow University of Agriculture to prepare the Duchacki Park's revitalisation projects. ...