APPLICATION OF THE MENEX MODEL IN BIOCLIMATIC ANALAYSIS OF NOVI SAD AND ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Abstract

The subjects of research are Novi Sad, its immediate surroundings and the bioclimatic conditions
prevailing in the given area. As Novi Sad is the administrative, cultural, educational, commercial,
economic, health, social and historical center of Vojvodina it has a number of tourist potentials that are
conducive to the development of various forms of tourism. The authors want to contribute with this
paper to the affirmation of bioclimatic analysis and research using the Menex model in the field of geoecological
evaluation of the urban landscape for the development and improvement of tourism and
recreation as representative city functions. It is necessary to assess with what intensity and
howbioclimatic conditions affect health or the psycho-physical state of a man in order to develop
climatotherapy, recreation and certain forms of tourism. By applying the Menex model we can obtain
an objective perception and data about real bioclimatic impact on the territory of Novi Sad and its
surroundings. These can then be used for planning and management of urban areas and development of
urban functions. During the research we used the daily meteorological data from 2015 by which thermo
bioclimatic indices have been determined: Physiological Subjective Temperature (PST), Heat Load
(HL) and Physiological Strain (PhS).