Wuhan City Moshan Scenic Landscape Structure And Recreational Activities

As an important part of East Lake Scenic Spot-a nation-level tourist resort, Moshan Resort is an important scenic resort in Wuhan. Landscape structure and recreational activities are important contents on tourism research in scenic Spot. But there are not few researches in these areas in Moshan Resort. In this paper, landscape structure about Moshan Resort and recreational activities in Grand Gate of Chu, Chu Tiantai , Zhude Tablet Pavilion , Plum Garden, Friendship Forest, grassland for recreation are studied. In addition, the environmental impacts of recreation on resort are analyzed.The results showed that the pattern of landscape structure in Moshan Resort was a significant mosaic of patches and corridors. The landscapes of forest and special gardens are dominant. The number of artificial scenic spots and building was most, but their covering-area was smallest. The results about recreational activities showed that humanistic scenic sites, such as Zhude Tablet Pavilion, Chu Tiantai, attracted tourists from outside of Wuhan, whose tourists spent more time than in other scenic sites, aged from 15 to 25 years. On the Contrary, most tourists to Plum Garden and Friendship Forest are from Wuhan. In all scenic sites, tourists in weekends were more than in non-weekends. Plum Garden, Grand Gate of Chu, Zhude Tablet Pavilion, Chu Tiantai had strong recreational intensity. Compared to non-tourist areas, in recreational areas, the number of plant species and coverage of vegetation in arbor layer and shrub layer decreased and the composition and community structure of vegetation trended to be simple. At the same time, regeneration of vegetation were suppressed. The effects on biomass, altitude and coverage of grassland were significant. Organic matter and available N of topsoil decreased in recreational areas, but the soil bulk density and pH increased. Affected by garbage decomposing, soil available P concentration varied obviously in recreational areas. The noise in Chu Tiantai was highest, while Plum Garden was lowest. Some Problems and present situations about Moshan Resort were discussed, and suggestion was promoted in this paper.