ASSESSMENT OF RECREATIONAL NATURE USE ON THE ISLANDS OF THE KAZAN REGION OF THE KUIBYSHEV RESERVOIR
The article presents the results of the study of recreational development of the islands of the Kazan region of the Kuibyshev reservoir. It is shown that currently the studied islands are used for various types of recreation. The highest rates of recreational load fall on garden and cottage recreation. There are 36 islands occupied for garden and cottage development. The largest number of garden and cottage plots falls on the islands adjacent to Kazan (1889 plots). The area of recreational development in the territory varies from 0.1 to 100%. Mass types of recreational uses of the island territories are picnic recreation (dominated on weekends and holidays), amateur fishing (on weekdays) and beach bathing (the hottest days of summer). In total, 41743 holidaymakers and tourists were counted on the islands in the summer of 2018. With an average attendance of 902 people / day, attendance range varied from 7 to 3442 people/day. Recreational load increases significantly with increasing of air and water temperature. Given the high environmental and social value of the island territories as recreational facilities for residents of a large urban agglomeration as Kazan, it is recommended to allocate them as recreational areas with the assignment of the status of specially protected territories for recreational purposes.