Assessment of the density of the road and path network in the landscapes of the projected Nizhny Novgorod Zavolzhye National Park as a comprehensive indicator of anthropogenic pressure (Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia)

Abstract

Abstract The article considers the indicators of landscape determination of anthropogenic pressure on the territory through the analysis of the density of the road and path network. This analysis allows, firstly, to assess the level of preservation of the landscapes of the territory, secondly, it allows to find the territories that allow to use the already established network of roads for laying tourist routes, which in the future must be taken into account during the projecting of the functional zones of the national park; thirdly, it allows to establish the landscape determination of the anthropogenic pressure on the territories of the forest zone of Central Russia. The object of the research is the territory of the projected national park in the Nizhny Novgorod region (Russia), lying in the left-bank part of the Volga River valley in its middle course.