Evaluation of the Natural Environment for Recreational Purposes

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Abstract
A method is proposed for evaluating environmental conditions from the point of view of recreational planning. Sets of factors are chosen separately for summer recreation and winter recreation, both from the point of view of their effect on human physiology and their significance in the actual management of recreational areas. Individual factors are graded in terms of a five-point system, with the basic factors, such as a long warm season or the presence of a warm seacoast in summer, weighted with a coefficient of 2. Each of the natural provinces of the USSR is then evaluated in terms of the combined score. Five categories of provinces are distinguished: those that are most favorable, favorable, relatively favorable, little favorable, and unfavorable for recreational planning purposes.

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