Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Recreational Land Use in the Southern Baikal Region: Main Actors

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (6)
Authors
Cherenev, Aleksei A.; Popov, Petr L.; Evstropeva, Oksana V.
Contact information
Cherenev, Aleksei A. : Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Irkutsk, Russian Federation; Popov, Petr L.: Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Irkutsk, Russian Federation; ; Evstropeva, Oksana V. : Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
recreational land use; Southern Baikal region; main actors; central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory; environmental restrictions
Abstract

The paper examines the current situation in the field of recreational use of land in the Slyudyansky district of the Irkutsk region. The research aims to identify and characterize the main actors in the modern use of land resources in the Southern Baikal region. To achieve this goal, the authors used comparative geographical, statistical, cartographic, typological, and historical methods, as well as field research and observation data. The conducted research made it possible to identify the main actors of recreational land use in the Central Ecological Zone of the Baikal Natural Territory and identify their functional specifics and features of the territorial distribution of their activity. At the grassroots regional and municipal level, these are as follows: (1) small and medium-sized tourism industries; (2) local population; (3) municipal authorities; (4) regional authorities; (5) extraterritorial structures; (6) large regional enterprises; (7) tourists (recreants); (8) fishers, hunters, wild plant collectors. At the Federal corporate-departmental level, these are large corporations, state authorities, and departments. At the third (Federal and international legal) level, these are Russian Federation (Russian legislation) and International intergovernmental organizations (UNESCO within the UN). The data obtained allowed the authors to form the main conclusions: (1) Recreational land use in the Southern Baikal region should be considered from three hierarchical positions; (2) medium and small tourism industry in the Slyudyansky district is characterized as quite risky; (3) local population is deprived of the possibility of full-fledged improvement of its territory and obtaining economic benefits; (4) there may be a shortage of land resources for the tourism and recreational industry. The scientific novelty of the research consists in a comprehensive study of socio-economic and political-geographical phenomena and the interrelationships of the main participants in the recreational process in the context of framework environmental restrictions

Pages
1117–1123
EDN
ZCBCNJ
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/156193

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