Leitfaden «Ersatzpflicht für Wanderwege» (Substitution Obligations for Hiking Trails - Principles) (N. Trottmann et al., 2012)

Type of Publication

Booklet

Language

German

Where to Find?

https://www.wandern.ch/download.php?id=183_9a0f6509

Abstract or Summary

Hiking trails open up beautiful natural and cultural landscapes. This makes them a mainstay of summer tourism and an indispensable prerequisite for local recreation. At the same time, as part of our environment, they are directly affected by the growing pressure of use from settlement, traffic and agriculture. A major part of the network of hiking trails runs along paths that open up agricultural areas as goods routes or serve as access roads to residential buildings. Originally provided with a natural surface, these paths are increasingly being paved with asphalt and concrete. With the paving, the hiking trails largely lose their recreational value and thus their most important function. (First paragraph of Introduction, translated by Google Translate)

Relevance

Check out this resource if you

• want to know how to ensure continuity of hiking trails under network changes.
• interested about understanding regulations of the substitution of trail sections to ensure coherency of the network.

Bibliographical Data

• Authors and Editors: Niklaus Trottmann, Schweizer Wanderwege
• Title (original): Leitfaden «Ersatzpflicht für Wanderwege»
• Title in English: Substitution Obligations for Hiking Trails - Principles
• Year: 2012
• Publisher: ASTRA, Schweizer Wanderwege

English Transcript

Partial translation using Google Translate.