NATURAL-LANDSCAPE VALUES AND SETTLEMENT TENDENCIES IN SUBURBAN AREAS ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTED MUNICIPALITIES IN THE VICINITY OF LUBLIN

Summary. The analysis of the settlement development was conducted in two suburban communes of the province of Lublin: Jastkow and Strzyzewice. The aim of the work was qualification of the pace of suburbanisation processes and estimation of natural landscape values of selected districts. The investigations covered the period from 1995 to 2009. Both Jastkow and Strzyzewice communes have been areas of intensive settlement development for several years. First of all, it is connected with their situation in the neighbourhood of Lublin. Changes in commune development are observed in both communes under investigation. The increasing population is one of the effects of the suburbanisation process in the communes. Both Jastkow and Strzyzewice communes have many natural and landscape values. The most important of them are legally protected areas and cultural monuments under conservation. High quality of natural environment can be an impulse for development of recreation and weekend tourism.