The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island:
Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes

J 2020

The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes

BRTNICKÝ, Martin, Václav PECINA, Michaela VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ, Lubomír PROKEŠ, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes

Authors

BRTNICKÝ, Martin (203 Czech Republic), Václav PECINA (203 Czech Republic), Michaela VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Lubomír PROKEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej ZVĚŘINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David JUŘIČKA (203 Czech Republic), Martin KLIMÁNEK and Jindřich KYNICKÝ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Chemosphere, Oxford, Elsevier, 2020, 0045-6535

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 7.086

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115317

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118

UT WoS

000527935600032

Keywords in English

Overtourism; Santorini; Airport; Traffic; Ecological risk; Destination management

Abstract

V originále

The enormous tourism boom raises concern about possible negative environmental impacts worldwide. One of the risks posed by tourism may be heavy metal pollution. On the example of the volcanic island of Santorini, a popular tourist destination, pollution of soils categorized according to the tourism load was monitored. Significant anthropogenic contamination by heavy metals, especially Cu, Cr and Pb, was found out. This contamination may constitute a moderate ecological risk to the island ecosystems. Tourism has been shown to be a significant pollution factor as evidenced by the contaminated soils near the airport. Simultaneously, airport traffic has been proved to be an important emitter of Co, Cr and especially Zn. The comparison with other volcanic islands has shown that on Santorini the content of heavy metals in soils is significantly lower, despite frequently higher tourism intensity. On this basis, it can be concluded that in case of volcanic islands the dominant factor determining the content of heavy metals in the soil is the parent rock. Given high and ever-increasing intensity of tourism on the island, it can be assumed that soil contamination will continue to rise rapidly. Therefore, without proper steps reducing tourism, increase in soil degradation, growing negative impacts on local ecosystems as well as on the quality of produced wine can be expected on Santorini.

Links

LQ1601, research and development project

Name: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

BRTNICKÝ, Martin, Václav PECINA, Michaela VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ, Lubomír PROKEŠ, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA, David JUŘIČKA, Martin KLIMÁNEK and Jindřich KYNICKÝ. The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes. Chemosphere. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, vol. 249, JUN 2020, p. 1-9. ISSN 0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118.

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BRTNICKÝ, Martin, Václav PECINA, Michaela VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ, Lubomír PROKEŠ, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA, David JUŘIČKA, Martin KLIMÁNEK and Jindřich KYNICKÝ. The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes. \textit{Chemosphere}. Oxford: Elsevier, 2020, vol.~249, JUN 2020, p.~1-9. ISSN~0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118.

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