Abstract
AbstractEnvironmental adaptation assessment on a trail is particularly critical in mountain regions, where factors such as poverty and the difficulty in earning an alternative livelihood, the lack of infrastructure, and a lack of policies and planning are magnified. Mountain trails represent unique paths into the wild. The need for a topographical approach to survey a mountain trail led us to use TruePulse 360B laser technology equipment and digital mapping in order to select and analyze a trail in a forested area based on environmental adaptation assessment. Since ancient times, mountain trails have been pathways to local prosperity because they were used for commercial trade. In the modern world, mountain trails are used for hiking, recreational walks in nature, as a method to bring the new generation close to wild forests by persons in wheelchairs or disabled people (those who are deaf or blind or have Down syndrome, etc.). The aim of this paper is not only to provide a digital map for various tourist teams, especially disabled ones, to use when visiting and exploring the natural beauty near the Wildlife Museum in order to manage the wild trails for the benefit and prosperity of the local community, but also to examine the environmental adaptation of this trail by taking into consideration the protection of nature. The constructing methods of a path, the materials that are used for the pavement and the optical adaptation with the nature are also a goal.
Funder
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Environmental Science
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