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M. A. Flórez de la Colina, P. C. Izquierdo Gracia, D. Gawryluk (Eds) Urban public spaces: Madrid, Bialystok, Klaipeda. A guide to their functions and meaning / editors: M Aurora Flórez de la Colina, Pilar C. Izquierdo Gracia, Dorota Gawryluk GLOCAL project, Erasmus+ ; 3. Madrid : Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2022. P. 85-92. |
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The city of Klaipeda is the metropolitan center of the coastal region. In the context of European cities – urban centers, Klaipeda is distinguished as a second-level city in the territory of Lithuania. Klaipeda City Municipality is included in the sensitive urban development zone, where many interests of use and protection intersect: protection of landscape, natural and cultural values, use of recreational resources, development of tourism, coastal fishing and shipping, development of port and marina infrastructure, etc. An essential feature of Klaipeda city is the interaction of industrial (seaport, FEZ), recreational and residential areas interaction, determined by the geographical location of Klaipeda. The city of Klaipeda is located on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Due to their value, a large part of the coastal zone and the sea coast have the special protection and use status established by the Law on Protected Areas of the Republic of Lithuania. Protected areas in Klaipeda occupy 941.4 ha (9.6% of the city area). Considering the fact that Klaipeda is dominated by the urban landscape with small exceptions, according to the nature and extent of cultivation, this indicator is not low (according to the data of 2020, the national average is 15.7%). In the territory of Klaipeda city, in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea, protected areas are established at the national and European level: Curonian Spit National Park (27388.7 ha of which in Klaipeda city 935.1 ha) and Seaside Regional Park 5870.0 ha (of it in Klaipeda city 2.43 ha). Curonian Spit National Park in 2000 was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List According to the IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) classification, it belongs to Category II protected areas. The Seaside Regional Park is an important territory for the entire Lithuanian natural complex, stretching from Giruliai to the old Palanga, towards the land to the Palanga-Klaipeda road and 2.5 km to the sea. The Seaside Regional Park aims to preserve the continental coastal landscape with a strip of coastal dunes, coastal cliffs, Lake Plaza, the Nemirseta dune formed by the Littoral Sea and coastal continental cliffs, marine boulders, natural ecosystems, cultural heritage values (ethnographic village of Karkle). Key words: Baltic Sea coast, Dutchman’s Cap, protected Areas, cultural heritage values. |
