Application of Suitability Modeling in Establishing a New Bicycle–Pedestrian Path: The Case of the Abandoned Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway in Istria
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case Study
2.2. Data Compilation
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Data | Name of Data | Source | Downloaded | Mapped by Authors |
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TIFF | Digital Elevation Model | yes | no | |
GPX, SHP, GRD | Bicycle trails | [42] | yes | no |
Pedestrian trails | [43] | yes | no | |
SHP, GRD | Accomodation units | [42] | no | yes |
Manifestations | Istria Tourist Board | no | yes | |
SHP, GRD | Ponds | Invasive Species Centre Institute for Agriculture and Tourism, Poreč | yes | no |
Land cover | [41] | yes | no | |
Underground objects open to visitors (pits and caves) | [30] | yes | no | |
Protected Areas of Nature, Natura 2000 sites | [30] | yes | no | |
SHP, GRD | Sources of water | [33,34,35,37,38,39,40] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Cultural heritage | [33,34,35,37,38,39,40] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Lookouts | [17] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Visually attractive areas | [32] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Mariculture | [32] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Unstable geological formations | [41] | yes | no |
SHP, GRD | Waste | [41] | yes | no |
SHP, GRD | Flooding areas | Geoportal of Croatian Waters | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Drinking water protection zones | [32] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Strategic reserves of underground water | [32] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Pinna nobilis colonies | [30] | yes | no |
Grasslands | [30] | yes | no | |
Istrian Y highway | [30] | yes | no | |
SHP, GRD | Ground prone to erosion (flysch) | [32] | no | yes |
SHP, GRD | Line of Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway | [6] | no | yes |
Attractiveness Factors | Distance Value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Weight Factor | |
Ponds | >1000 m | 500–1000 m | 250–500 m | 50–250 m | 0–50 m | |
Speleological objects | >1000 m | 500–1000 m | 250–500 m | 50–250 m | 0–50 m | |
Protected areas of nature and the Ecological Network of Natura 2000 | >1000 m | 500–1000 m | 250–500 m | 100–250 m | 0–100 m | |
Cultural heritage | >500 | 250–500 m | 150–250 m | 50–150 m | 0–50 m | |
Lookouts | >400 m | 200–400 m | 100–200 m | 50–100 m | 0–50 m | 2 |
Visually attractive areas | >600 m | 400–600 m | 200–400 m | 100–200 m | 0–100 m | |
Bicycle and hiking trails | >3500 m | 2000–3500 m | 1000–2000 m | 500–1000 m | 0–500 m | 2 |
Tourist accommodation | >3500 m | 2000–3500 m | 1000–2000 m | 500–1000 m | 0–500 m | 2 |
Direct evaluation | ||||||
Land cover | Industrial or commercial units, Port areas, Mineral extraction sites | Road and rail networks and associated land, Airports | Discontinuous urban fabric, Plough land, Land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation, Traditional woodland shrub | Sport and leisure facilities, Permanently irrigated land | Olive groves, Vineyards, Forests, Sea, Meadows, Pastures, Complex cultivation patterns |
Vulnerability Factors | Distance Value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Weight Factor | |
Mariculture | >1000 m | 700–1000 m | 400–700 m | 100–400 m | 0–100 m | |
Whetstone | >1000 m | 500–1000 m | 300–500 m | 100–300 m | 0–100 m | |
Landfills | 0–50 m | 50–150 m | 150–250 m | 250–500 m | >500 m | |
Floodplains (inland) | >600 | 300–600 m | 200–300 m | 100–200 m | 0–100 m | |
Floodplains (coast side) | >100 m | 90–100 m | 60–90 m | 40–60 m | 0–40 m | |
Meadows | >100 m | 50–100 m | 30–50 m | 10–30 m | 0–10 m | |
Colony of Pinna nobilis (pen shell) | >500 m | 250–500 m | 150–250 m | 50–150 m | 0–50 m | |
Direct evaluation | ||||||
Sanitary protection zone for drinking water sources | Outside the zone | Restriction zone | Restriction and surveillance zone | Strict restriction zone | – | |
Strategic groundwater level | – | – | – | – | Entire zone | |
Highway noise level | 74–79 dB | 69 dB | 64 dB | 59 dB | 54 dB | |
Soil subject to increased erosion | – | – | Flysch | – | – |
Landscape Elements | Natural | Cultural–Historical | Visual–Experiential | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Functional Area | Pits | + | + | |
Kanfanar | Springs | + | + | |
Lookouts | + | |||
Abandoned Railway Facilities | + | |||
Forest Paths | + | |||
Functional Area | Ponds | + | + | + |
Kuntrada | Drystone buildings | + | + | |
Lookouts | + | |||
Functional Area | Churches | + | + | |
Rovinj | Lookouts | + | ||
Forest Paths | + | |||
Functional Area | Lookouts | + | ||
Lim Bay | Protected Areas of Nature | + | + |
Suitability Value | Protective Aspect Area in % | Development Aspect Area in % | Compromise Aspect Area in % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Unsuitable | 12% | / | 3% |
2 | Marginally suitable | 33% | 6% | 24% |
3 | Medium suitability | 32% | 31% | 36% |
4 | Very suitable | 23% | 34% | 31% |
5 | The most suitable | / | 29% | 6% |
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Modesto, A.; Kamenečki, M.; Tomić Reljić, D. Application of Suitability Modeling in Establishing a New Bicycle–Pedestrian Path: The Case of the Abandoned Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway in Istria. Land 2021, 10, 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060600
Modesto A, Kamenečki M, Tomić Reljić D. Application of Suitability Modeling in Establishing a New Bicycle–Pedestrian Path: The Case of the Abandoned Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway in Istria. Land. 2021; 10(6):600. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060600
Chicago/Turabian StyleModesto, Ariana, Monika Kamenečki, and Dora Tomić Reljić. 2021. "Application of Suitability Modeling in Establishing a New Bicycle–Pedestrian Path: The Case of the Abandoned Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway in Istria" Land 10, no. 6: 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060600
APA StyleModesto, A., Kamenečki, M., & Tomić Reljić, D. (2021). Application of Suitability Modeling in Establishing a New Bicycle–Pedestrian Path: The Case of the Abandoned Kanfanar–Rovinj Railway in Istria. Land, 10(6), 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060600