Mount Desert Island is a region of natural and socio-economic characteristics that
may occur at any place in the world but also has characteristics that are very different from
those found in the Czech Republic. A brief explanation of the conditions that are typical
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for Maine and Mount Desert Island will be made in this study. Nonetheless, I believe that
the main principle of the GIS model and the planning methods can be used with
appropriate modifications for any other area, including the Czech Republic.
It is important to add that the study was created under the notion of human ecology.
Human ecology is an emerging multidisciplinary science concerning all aspects of human
experience and everything in the environment that defines quality of life. It combines
ecological affairs with social values. In one of his essays McHarg (1998) suggested that
human ecology must aspire to a synthesis, including physical, biological, social processes
and cultural adaptive responses. Its aim is to solve problems that exert an important
influence on human development and must be approached from different disciplinary
perspectives; such is the case of this work.