Recreational potential of forest park territories of the city of Volgograd

Abstract

   The issue of landscaping is especially relevant in regions with a hot, arid climate, such as the Volgograd region. In Volgograd, green spaces do not fulfil their functions sufficiently. Improving the landscape, increasing the diversity of the range of trees and shrubs, as well as the types of landscaping plantings and the combination of various forms in them, the solution of these issues is an essential task in the development of landscape gardening in sparse forested regions. The woody vegetation of the city is in a weakened state due to the age of the plants and the climatic and environmental conditions of Volgograd. The use of green spaces in recreational areas should meet the needs of citizens and exclude their damage. To preserve and further develop recreational areas and forest plantations in urban areas, assessing the recreational potential of green spaces in the study area is necessary. An improved methodology for evaluating the recreational potential is used for the assessment.   The research objects are the recreational areas of Volgograd: Komsomolsky Garden, the Square of Valor and Glory, and the Arboretum of the Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.   The total recreational territory in the City of Volgograd is 31%. According to the recreational assessment, the Komsomolsky Garden and the Square of Valor and Glory belong to the first class of the landscape. According to the assessment of the recreational potential of plantings, the Komsomolsky Garden and the Square of Valor and Glory also belong to the first class of recreational value. The greenhouse of the Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences belongs to the third class, according to the recreational assessment, of the landscape and to the second class of the recreational potential of plantings.