Transformation processes in the Western Ukraine
Concepts for a sustainable land use
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
As a result of the Earth Summit held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, the Agenda 21, an action plan to improve the conditions of the environment and to ensure the sustainable development was signed. Due to the complex restructuring of economy and administration the transformation countries in the former Eastern Bloc are still at the beginning of the process which results in the implementation of sustainability in the further development of the society. One of the most important factors that cause the slow pace of the implementation process is the lack of scientifically based concepts of sustainable use of natural resources, that simultaneously ensure the economic wealth of the population. Of special importance in this context are the rural cultural landscapes of Ukraine that are characterised by agricultural use and forestry and a high nature conservation value. They will probably undergo severe alterations due to an increasing influence of a global market economy.
In the frame of a multidisciplinary research-project, that was financed by the BMBF and run under the patronage of the UNESCO, a collective of Ukrainian and German scientists developed sustainability concepts of rural landscapes in the Western Ukraine. The studies were carried out in the Upper Dnister Basin, a river system, whose fluvial topography is representative for large parts of the Western Ukraine and moreover for other mountainous areas of Central Eastern Europe. Within the Upper Dnister Basin three model regions (Carpathians, Precarpathians, Podolian Plate) were selected. The concepts of sustainability are based on the data assessment of e. g. natural site conditions, biodiversity, land use systems, and sociodemography. The focus of the research project was laid on agricultural land use, forestry and flood regime including their economic aspects.
Autor*in
Mechthild Roth
Themen in »Transformation processes in the Western Ukraine«
Agriculture Biodiversity Carphatians Dnister Dnister Basin Economy Forestry Land Use Systems Nature Conservation Podolian Plate Precarphatians Sociodemography Sustainable development Tourism