Recreation potentials of urban forest parks

Recreational stress is a determining factor in the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Objects of research - green spaces of the forest park 51 ° 33’14 “N; 45 ° 55’34” E (green zone of the city of Saratov, “Kumysnaya Polyana”). Purpose: identification and optimization of the recreational potential. The forest park is 4504 hectares. The largest indicators of bulk density (1.35 g / cm3) were revealed in the service and recreation areas. For a separate section of the forest park, it is possible to increase the indicators of the recreational potential and capacity by 12.89 and 89.1%. The recreation potential of the forest park is from 65 to 85 percent. Modernization of the zoning of the forest park, accomplishment of improvement works through sanitary and landscape felling, optimization of the road network will lead to an increase in the recreational capacity of leisure to 117.4 thousand people. Landscaping techniques have been developed