Land Use and Land Cover Pattern as a Measure of Tourism Impact on a Lakeshore Zone

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear authors,

This manuscript is interesting, and the topic is quite important nowadays. Nevertheless, some improvements should be made as:

• Avoid the acronyms on the title (LU/LC)
• same in the abstract for SHAP - the first time you use the abbreviation, this should be explained - the meaning
• the same happens with other acronyms along with the text - please revise these issues
• a scheme summarizing the used methodology would be helpful for the readers
• figure 2 shows low quality - please improve it
• the results should be explained in more detail
• there are no study limitations and future research lines - this should be added

best,

Author Response

Answers for the Reviewers’ comments and suggestions -  paper entitled:

Land use and land cover pattern as a measure of tourism impact on a lake shore zone

First of all, we would like to thank both Reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. All issues mentioned in the Reviewers' comments have been considered. Below you can find detailed answers point by point.

Yours sincerely,

Grażyna Furgała-Selezniow

The authors' answers are marked in blue and italics.

Reviewer 1

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors,

This manuscript is interesting, and the topic is quite important nowadays. Nevertheless, some improvements should be made as:

1. avoid the acronyms on the title (LU/LC)

we have done it

2. same in the abstract for SHAP - the first time you use the abbreviation, this should be explained - the meaning

we have done it

3. the same happens with other acronyms along with the text - please revise these issues

we have improved it

4. a scheme summarizing the used methodology would be helpful for the readers

we have made a scheme (Scheme I)

5. figure 2 shows low quality - please improve it

we have improved the quality of Figure 2

6. the results should be explained in more detail

we added a paragraph explaining the results at the start of the discussion (first paragraph of the discussion)

7. there are no study limitations and future research lines - this should be added

we have added a few sentences on this topic at the end of the discussion, lines 429-434

Reviewer 2 Report

The reviewed manuscript addresses a highly-important research question, which is of international importance. The manuscript is based on a well-performed study employing original methodology, which is worth itself. The manuscript is well-structured and well-referenced. It is suitable to the journal, although some work (chiefly technical) is required. My recommendations are specified below.

• Title, abstract, key words, Introduction: please, avoid abbreviations and indicate the region/country. Do not repeat words from the title in the keywords.
• Authors' affiliations: please, provide with full postal address.
• Please, explain all abbreviations in the paper. As abbreviations are numerous, I recommend to compose a simple table summarizing their explanations.
• What is correct: LU/LC or LULC? Please, be consistent. And explain what is this in both Introduction and Methodology.
• Introduction: I recommend to consider five additional sources where anthropogenic pressure on lakes is mentioned:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026974912101160X?via%3Dihub

http://chinageology.cgs.cn/article/doi/10.31035/cg2021011?pageType=en

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/6/242/xml

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15320383.2020.1849018?journalCode=bssc20

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935120308409?via%3Dihub

• Line 107: capitalize the administrative unit name.
• Table: ha -> square kilometers.
• Figure 2: please, make it better visible and all lines looking sharper. I encourage to re-draw this figure in any vector software (like CorelDraw).
• Discussion: I suggest to start this section with a brief and simple summary of your results – what do these mean and why did it happen so.
• Discussion: I suggest to write a bit about the aesthetic pollution, which you mention earlier in your paper. Which of standard aesthetic properties (see source below) are affected in your case. Source:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517713002185

• Conclusions: this section should start with a numbered list of 3-5 min findings (from Results and Discussion).

Author Response

Answers for the reviewers’ comments and suggestions -  paper entitled:

Land use and land cover pattern as a measure of tourism impact on a lake shore zone

First of all, we would like to thank both Reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. The paper has been verified by a native speaker. All issues mentioned in the Reviewers' comments have been considered. Below you can find detailed answers point by point.

Yours sincerely,

Grażyna Furgała-Selezniow

The authors' answers are marked in blue and italics.

Reviewer 2

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The reviewed manuscript addresses a highly-important research question, which is of international importance. The manuscript is based on a well-performed study employing original methodology, which is worth itself. The manuscript is well-structured and well-referenced. It is suitable to the journal, although some work (chiefly technical) is required. My recommendations are specified below.

1. Title, abstract, key words, Introduction: please, avoid abbreviations and indicate the region/country. Do not repeat words from the title in the keywords.

we have done it

2. Authors' affiliations: please, provide with full postal address.

we have done it

3. Please, explain all abbreviations in the paper. As abbreviations are numerous, I recommend to compose a simple table summarizing their explanations.

we explained all abbreviations in the paper

4. What is correct: LU/LC or LULC? Please, be consistent. And explain what is this in both Introduction and Methodology.

LU/LC - land use and land cover; LUCC – land use and land cover changes; these abbreviations are explained in the paper (where they first appeared)

5. Introduction: I recommend to consider five additional sources where anthropogenic pressure on lakes is mentioned:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026974912101160X?via%3Dihub (reference number 6)

http://chinageology.cgs.cn/article/doi/10.31035/cg2021011?pageType=en (reference number 12)

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/6/242/xml (reference number 31)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15320383.2020.1849018?journalCode=bssc20 (reference number 23)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935120308409?via%3Dihub (reference number 32)

we added suggested additional sources; reference numbers: 6, 12, 31, 23, 32

6. Line 107: capitalize the administrative unit name.

we have done it

7. Table: ha -> square kilometres.

we have done it

8. Figure 2: please, make it better visible and all lines looking sharper. I encourage to re-draw this figure in any vector software (like CorelDraw).

we have improved the quality of Figure 2

9. Discussion: I suggest to start this section with a brief and simple summary of your results – what do these mean and why did it happen so.

we added a paragraph with a brief summary of our results (first paragraph of the discussion, lines 317-325)

10. Discussion: I suggest to write a bit about the aesthetic pollution, which you mention earlier in your paper. Which of standard aesthetic properties (see source below) are affected in your case. Source:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517713002185 reference number: 71

we added the paragraph related to aesthetic pollution: discussion, lines 373-381

11. Conclusions: this section should start with a numbered list of 3-5 min findings (from Results and Discussion).

we added 3 main findings, lines 436-441