A Cartographic Model of Geoecological Conditions in an Area

Abstract

The principles of the interdisciplinary science of geoecology are presented as a basis for the compilation of maps depicting changes in the basic state of the environment in an area. The procedure for the compilation of such maps is illustrated by the example of the compilation of a cartographic model of the left-bank [southern] area of Irkutsk (see Fig. 1). The procedure involves a sequential analysis and synthesis of materials at increasingly larger scales. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, Virginia, from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 2001, No. 4, pp. 110-117.