Ewolucja koncepcji zagospodarowania terenu inwestycyjnego Zielona Dolina w obszarze chronionego krajobrazu "Dolina Ciemięgi"

The river valleys have the great value for nature, culture and economy. In the past few decades, however, they were the subjects of anthropogenic pressure, especially in a large cities affective zone. The landscape protection area of the Ciemiega Valley established in 1990 is situated on the north from the Lublin city. The place is under a great interest of land selling for the individual suburban housing estate. What makes the site more attractive for the investments, the communication road bypass for Lublin city is planned to be built about 3 km south from the area. The 126,12 ha large terrain of The Green Valley, located in the landscape protection area, near to Snopkdw village, has been bought out by an estate developer, that at first intended to divide it into a small plots of land. Nevertheless, as a result of the cooperation of the teams of an ecologists and landscape architects, a totally new concept of spatial development plan for this site arose, even more attractive for future residents. Furthermore, it would protect the places most valuable for nature and landscapes, as a factor of the quality of life increase in this part of the Lublin Metropolitan Territory.