Shcherbak Yu.V.
Shcherbak Yu.V., Senior Lecturer, Department of Geodesy, Cartography and Land Management, National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic”, ORCID: 0000-0002-3439-3792, Shch.Yu15@gmail.com
DOI: 10.15407/conference.geointegration.112
Pages: 112-115
DYNAMICS OF LAND AREA AND DIRECTIONS OF POST-WAR RECOVERY OF DEGRADED TERRITORIES
Abstract. The study is devoted to the urgent problem of catastrophic environmental damage to the land fund of Ukraine caused by military aggression, which led to intensive soil degradation and significant changes in land use. The structure of land suitable for economic activity is analyzed and a set of measures for the post-war restoration of degraded lands is substantiated. It was established that the key risks are concentrated in front-line, temporarily occupied and border regions, as well as in territories of intensive technogenic pollution. The results of the study have practical significance for the development of state programs for the post-war restoration of degraded soils. Effective overcoming of the ecological disaster requires the development and implementation of a scientifically based integrated approach to the restoration of degraded lands in the post-war period, the necessary measures include: 1. risk mapping (distribution and concentration of pollutants, in particular heavy metals and explosives) using GIS based on remote sensing data, laboratory research results and information on humanitarian demining; 2. assessment of functional suitability, in order to differentiate areas of the agricultural landscape suitable for a quick return to economic circulation from those requiring long-term restoration due to high soil degradation and intensive pollution; 3. technical reclamation (humanitarian demining and physical restoration of the soil profile disturbed by craters and fortifications); 4. development of land management projects and implementation of a crop rotation system for the natural restoration of fertility, prevention of soil depletion, and minimization of water and wind erosion.
Keywords: soil contamination, land degradation, post-war recovery measures.
References
- State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (n.d.) Official Website. Available at: https://land.gov.ua
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