ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION OF POKUTTYA CARPATHIANS LANDSCAPES

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ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION OF POKUTTYA CARPATHIANS LANDSCAPES

Journal Title: Український географічний журнал - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue

Abstract

Pokuttya Carpathians are the mountains in the outer lane of the Ukrainian Carpathians, within the Ivano-Frankivsk region. In recent decades, anthropogenic impact on the entire territory is increasing. Significant use of natural resources, especially of forests, leads to a deterioration of the current state of natural territorial complexes, predetermines their anthropogenic modification. Based on computer processing of cartographic data and cosmic images using ArcGIS 10 software, a map of land was created and anthropogenic modification of landscapes and highlands of the Pokuttya Carpathians was determined. The main types of anthropogenic influences on the landscapes of the Pokuttya Carpathians are forestry, meadow and rural development. Accordingly, forests occupy 57.97% of the territory, with minor or rapidly recovering changes in natural complexes, 22.72% meadows and 19.31% of rural buildings. In general, the region is slightly anthropogenically modified (199 conditional points). But the fifth stage of weak modification shows that the territory of the Pokuttya Carpathians is practically on the verge between weak and moderate degrees of modification. Analyzing the anthropogenic modification of the Pokuttya Carpathians in the context of landscapes, it can be concluded that the middle mountain landscapes are mostly weak modified and only two landscapes – moderate, with different stages. Low-mountainous landscapes are characterized by three categories of anthropogenic modification – weak (3 landscapes), moderate (6 landscapes) and strong (1 terrain). The analysis of anthropogenic modification of high-altitude areas shows that the degree of their transformation is different. The most anthropogenic modifications are the terrain of high terraced slopes of river valleys, as well as the terrain of the terraced bottom of the river valleys (they have the fifth stage of a strong category of modification), where more than 65% of the area is occupied by village buildings, and the meadows and forests are distributed in small areas. Moderate anthropogenic modification is inherent in the area of the hilly low mountains and is weak for the terrain of the steep slopes of low mountains and the steep middle mountains.

Authors and Affiliations

Z. V. Hostiuk

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EP ID EP494649
DOI 10.15407/ugz2018.02.043
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