GEMET

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

environmental impact > environmental impact of recreation

Preferred term

environmental impact of recreation  

Definition

  • Recreation and tourism are often accompanied by extensive damage to the environment. Aquatic ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of an increased tourist trade and the resultant building of hotel accommodations, sewage disposal works, roads, car parks and landing jetties on banks and coastlines; and the increased angling, swimming, water skiing, shooting or use of motor-boats in the water body. These all produce direct deleterious effects when conducted on a massive scale, including shore damage, chemical changes in the water, and sediments and biological changes in the plant and animal communities.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Belongs to group

Belongs to array

In other languages

URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2838

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 9/8/04, last modified 9/8/04