Geostrategic positioning of the state—applied substructure of political geography and geopolitics that investigate the forming of independent state’s functions and azimuths of its international relations. Present article explores the general regulations of advanced states positioning on the modern political map of the world (spatial compression of world economy, the composition of states’ geopolitical “powers,” structure and dynamics of “World Order” systems, and so on). Simultaneously, on the example of the USA and Japan, are demonstrating that any country’s icon and its position on the geospacer and time quite unique and depend on combinations of different factors on national and global levels.
{"title":"GEOSTRATEGIC POSITIONING ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE MODERN WORLD","authors":"B.P. Yatsenko","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.02.046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.02.046","url":null,"abstract":"Geostrategic positioning of the state—applied substructure of political geography and geopolitics that investigate the forming of independent state’s functions and azimuths of its international relations. Present article explores the general regulations of advanced states positioning on the modern political map of the world (spatial compression of world economy, the composition of states’ geopolitical “powers,” structure and dynamics of “World Order” systems, and so on). Simultaneously, on the example of the USA and Japan, are demonstrating that any country’s icon and its position on the geospacer and time quite unique and depend on combinations of different factors on national and global levels.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44525720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research aims to present the results of the Ukraine urban network’s historical changes study. It aims to show the results regards its impact on the regional development of Ukraine starting from 1897 and up to 2021. During the period mentioned, essential changes in a number of the cities have occurred. It was 207 settlements in 1897 with a population of 4,043,527 persons in total and 461 settlements with a population of 27,014,238 persons in 2021. Research is based on 1897, 1926, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, and 2001 censuses and statistical data of urban network changes’ analysis. Studying Ukraine’s urban network’s formation history occurs in different spheres of science. These are history, geography, economy, demography, sociology, architecture, town planning, etc. This article presents studying directed to find spatial patterns and specialties of urban settlements’ formation according to their development and transformation’s pace and directions. According to the urban network formation indicators, Ukraine belongs to states with ancient traditions of urban development. Even before the formal origination of the first state on the territory of modern Ukraine-Rus, there were many cities here. The first cities’ prototypes were discovered in the excavations of Trypillian culture. The first urban settlements of the western type of that time were founded as a result of Greco-Roman colonization of the southern and south-eastern coasts of Crimea and in the northern (continental) Black Sea region. In Europe, Rus was called the state of “cities.” There is evidence that at the time of the unification of Slavic tribes in the state there were up to 250 settlements. They partially and according to modern criteria correspond to the status of the city. Of course, consolidated reliable data on the territory, population, and other demographic characteristics of these settlements do not exist or have not yet been found. Therefore, researchers use evaluative indicators.
{"title":"CARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE CITY NETWORK OF UKRAINE","authors":"L. Rudenko, A. Bochkovska, O.M. Leyberiuk","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.02.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.02.032","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to present the results of the Ukraine urban network’s historical changes study. It aims to show the results regards its impact on the regional development of Ukraine starting from 1897 and up to 2021. During the period mentioned, essential changes in a number of the cities have occurred. It was 207 settlements in 1897 with a population of 4,043,527 persons in total and 461 settlements with a population of 27,014,238 persons in 2021. Research is based on 1897, 1926, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, and 2001 censuses and statistical data of urban network changes’ analysis. Studying Ukraine’s urban network’s formation history occurs in different spheres of science. These are history, geography, economy, demography, sociology, architecture, town planning, etc. This article presents studying directed to find spatial patterns and specialties of urban settlements’ formation according to their development and transformation’s pace and directions. According to the urban network formation indicators, Ukraine belongs to states with ancient traditions of urban development. Even before the formal origination of the first state on the territory of modern Ukraine-Rus, there were many cities here. The first cities’ prototypes were discovered in the excavations of Trypillian culture. The first urban settlements of the western type of that time were founded as a result of Greco-Roman colonization of the southern and south-eastern coasts of Crimea and in the northern (continental) Black Sea region. In Europe, Rus was called the state of “cities.” There is evidence that at the time of the unification of Slavic tribes in the state there were up to 250 settlements. They partially and according to modern criteria correspond to the status of the city. Of course, consolidated reliable data on the territory, population, and other demographic characteristics of these settlements do not exist or have not yet been found. Therefore, researchers use evaluative indicators.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48541394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article contains a theoretical generalization of the authors’ studies of regional soil differences in Ukraine. The purpose of the work is to assess regional differences in soil ecosystem services of Ukraine based on the analysis of the main characteristics of soils in terms of economic districts and administrative regions. Methods: statistical-analytical, cartographic, and ecological-economic. Results. The author has analyzed statistical data on soil characteristics contained in Ecological passports of all regions of Ukraine based on agrochemical certification for agricultural lands (every 5 years) and formed a bank of information resources for their environmental and economic assessment. Cartographic works have been developed illustrating the spatial differentiation of agricultural lands of Ukraine and the content of humus, easily hydrolyzed nitrogen, mobile phosphorus compounds, and mobile potassium compounds in soils. Based on the economic assessment of supply and regulatory ecosystem services of the arable soil layer (30 cm) of agricultural lands, these services (excluding the ecosystem component) were economically assessed for each of the regions of Ukraine and a corresponding map was created. A distinctive feature of the study is that the calculations take into account real economic indicators used by farmers in the regions, as they are covered in the environmental passports. Conclusions. The average cost of soil ecosystem services excluding the ecosystem component in Ukraine is $30,549/ha, while its value in terms of regions varies from $18,638/ha in the North-West Economic Region up to $36,110/ha—in the Prydniprovsky region.
{"title":"REGIONAL DIFFERENCES OF SOILS OF UKRAINE TO ASSESS THE COST OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES","authors":"N. Maksymenko, S. Baliuk, A. Kucher, V. Peresadko","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.02.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.02.019","url":null,"abstract":"The article contains a theoretical generalization of the authors’ studies of regional soil differences in Ukraine. The purpose of the work is to assess regional differences in soil ecosystem services of Ukraine based on the analysis of the main characteristics of soils in terms of economic districts and administrative regions. Methods: statistical-analytical, cartographic, and ecological-economic. Results. The author has analyzed statistical data on soil characteristics contained in Ecological passports of all regions of Ukraine based on agrochemical certification for agricultural lands (every 5 years) and formed a bank of information resources for their environmental and economic assessment. Cartographic works have been developed illustrating the spatial differentiation of agricultural lands of Ukraine and the content of humus, easily hydrolyzed nitrogen, mobile phosphorus compounds, and mobile potassium compounds in soils. Based on the economic assessment of supply and regulatory ecosystem services of the arable soil layer (30 cm) of agricultural lands, these services (excluding the ecosystem component) were economically assessed for each of the regions of Ukraine and a corresponding map was created. A distinctive feature of the study is that the calculations take into account real economic indicators used by farmers in the regions, as they are covered in the environmental passports. Conclusions. The average cost of soil ecosystem services excluding the ecosystem component in Ukraine is $30,549/ha, while its value in terms of regions varies from $18,638/ha in the North-West Economic Region up to $36,110/ha—in the Prydniprovsky region.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46055516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The problems of fixation and preservation of the objects and phenomena related to the intangible cultural heritage of Ukraine are considered in the article. The history of mapping the ethnocultural monuments, especially in the realm of spiritual culture is revealed. An experience of popularization of the intangible heritage objects, as well as the concepts and approaches to the existence of a living tradition developed by scholars of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, is analyzed. Attention is drawn to such issues as ideological pressure on the customary and ritual culture of Ukrainians during the years of the totalitarian regime, as well as to the danger of the spread of pseudo-folklore phenomena, and the need to create an electronic database of the intangible cultural heritage objects. The problems of regional manifestations of ancient and living practices existence of customary culture and the requirement to substantiate more clearly the selection criteria with the aim to include the traditions, holidays and ceremonies, trades and handicrafts, monuments of music and song traditions in the national list.
{"title":"INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF UKRAINIANS (REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF ITS MANIFESTATION)","authors":"V. Borysenko, M. Borysenko","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.02.073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.02.073","url":null,"abstract":"The problems of fixation and preservation of the objects and phenomena related to the intangible cultural heritage of Ukraine are considered in the article. The history of mapping the ethnocultural monuments, especially in the realm of spiritual culture is revealed. An experience of popularization of the intangible heritage objects, as well as the concepts and approaches to the existence of a living tradition developed by scholars of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, is analyzed. Attention is drawn to such issues as ideological pressure on the customary and ritual culture of Ukrainians during the years of the totalitarian regime, as well as to the danger of the spread of pseudo-folklore phenomena, and the need to create an electronic database of the intangible cultural heritage objects. The problems of regional manifestations of ancient and living practices existence of customary culture and the requirement to substantiate more clearly the selection criteria with the aim to include the traditions, holidays and ceremonies, trades and handicrafts, monuments of music and song traditions in the national list.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44327585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L.O. Yelistratova, O. Apostolov, A.Ya. Khodorovskyi, A. Khyzhniak, O. Tomchenko, V. Lialko
The article is devoted to the assessment of the economic losses of Ukraine in 2022 as a result of armed conflict based on the analysis of remote sensing data. Today, under conditions of war in Ukraine, there are growing crises in the economic, social, natural, and other spheres of society. Under these conditions, there is a growing need for objective operational monitoring and assessment of the direction of changes in the economy and social sphere of life of the population. That is why the purpose of the study was chosen to evaluate the possibilities of using the VIIRS thermal imager data installed on the Suomi NPP satellite about the night illumination of the territory to monitor the socio-economic development of Ukrainian regions during military operations. The data from the Suomi NPP satellite for March 2021 (pre-war period) and 2022 (during the period of military aggression) were used for the study. Methodologically, the quantitative indicator chosen is the total light intensity (TLI), namely, the sum of the illuminance values of all pixels on the territory of each of the regions of Ukraine. It was found that the value of the total night illumination of the administrative regions of Ukraine depends on the number of settlements in the region, the development of industry and transport network, as well as the area of the administrative area. In addition, the intensity of illumination of the methodology of J. Vernon Henderson is closely related to an important indicator of economic activity—electricity consumption. The article presents statistical and illustrative results of the analysis of night illumination from the Suomi NPP/VIIRS satellite of the administrative regions of Ukraine for March 2021, and 2022. Analysis of the results showed that the value of the ratio of night light for March 2021, and 2022 vary in a wide range from 0.84 to 21.2. On average, the value of the change in the night light index for March 2021 and 2022 for all regions of Ukraine is 6.04. Such changes in nighttime illumination can be explained both directly by combat operations and by the observance of light camouflage, the introduction of curfew during martial law in Ukraine, as well as the small industrial and economic development of the economy in some regions of Ukraine and the low level of spatial concentration of the population. The novelty of this study is the improvement, based on the use of materials from the SNPP/VIIRS satellite with greater spatial resolution, of the previously developed nighttime illumination methodology and its practical application during active warfare.
{"title":"USE OF SATELLITE INFORMATION FOR EVALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE","authors":"L.O. Yelistratova, O. Apostolov, A.Ya. Khodorovskyi, A. Khyzhniak, O. Tomchenko, V. Lialko","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.02.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.02.011","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to the assessment of the economic losses of Ukraine in 2022 as a result of armed conflict based on the analysis of remote sensing data. Today, under conditions of war in Ukraine, there are growing crises in the economic, social, natural, and other spheres of society. Under these conditions, there is a growing need for objective operational monitoring and assessment of the direction of changes in the economy and social sphere of life of the population. That is why the purpose of the study was chosen to evaluate the possibilities of using the VIIRS thermal imager data installed on the Suomi NPP satellite about the night illumination of the territory to monitor the socio-economic development of Ukrainian regions during military operations. The data from the Suomi NPP satellite for March 2021 (pre-war period) and 2022 (during the period of military aggression) were used for the study. Methodologically, the quantitative indicator chosen is the total light intensity (TLI), namely, the sum of the illuminance values of all pixels on the territory of each of the regions of Ukraine. It was found that the value of the total night illumination of the administrative regions of Ukraine depends on the number of settlements in the region, the development of industry and transport network, as well as the area of the administrative area. In addition, the intensity of illumination of the methodology of J. Vernon Henderson is closely related to an important indicator of economic activity—electricity consumption. The article presents statistical and illustrative results of the analysis of night illumination from the Suomi NPP/VIIRS satellite of the administrative regions of Ukraine for March 2021, and 2022. Analysis of the results showed that the value of the ratio of night light for March 2021, and 2022 vary in a wide range from 0.84 to 21.2. On average, the value of the change in the night light index for March 2021 and 2022 for all regions of Ukraine is 6.04. Such changes in nighttime illumination can be explained both directly by combat operations and by the observance of light camouflage, the introduction of curfew during martial law in Ukraine, as well as the small industrial and economic development of the economy in some regions of Ukraine and the low level of spatial concentration of the population. The novelty of this study is the improvement, based on the use of materials from the SNPP/VIIRS satellite with greater spatial resolution, of the previously developed nighttime illumination methodology and its practical application during active warfare.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43036471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article presents the results of the study of Mesozoic-Cenozoic motpholithogenesis of the of the Ukrainian shield, within the Irshansky placer development field of titanium deposits of the Ukrainian sub-province of placer province of Eastern Europe. The morpholitogenetic approach expands the methodology and methodical possibilities of geomorphological research. The method of processing analyzes of granulometry and chemical composition of ilmenite, calculation of quantitative indicators that parameterize the granulometric field and the field of variability of ilmenite, integrating the root rocks-weathering crust - mesozoic-cenozoic sedimentary deposits within the placers. Analysis of the static and dynamic parameters of these fields revealed their evolutionary trends within the placers of the Irshansky placer field. The empirically revealed relationship between the average size and the degree of variability of ilmenite can be used in modeling the processes of morpholitogenesis and oregenesis of titanium placer deposits. Interpretations of the obtained results were carried out on a broad paleogeographical basis, taking into account tectonics, paleorelief, and paleoclimates.
{"title":"MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC MOTPHOLITHOGENESIS OF THE UKRAINIAN SHIELD (WITHIN THE IRSHANSKY PLACER FIELD)","authors":"O. Komliev, S. Zhylkin","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.01.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.01.027","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the results of the study of Mesozoic-Cenozoic motpholithogenesis of the of the Ukrainian shield, within the Irshansky placer development field of titanium deposits of the Ukrainian sub-province of placer province of Eastern Europe. The morpholitogenetic approach expands the methodology and methodical possibilities of geomorphological research. The method of processing analyzes of granulometry and chemical composition of ilmenite, calculation of quantitative indicators that parameterize the granulometric field and the field of variability of ilmenite, integrating the root rocks-weathering crust - mesozoic-cenozoic sedimentary deposits within the placers. Analysis of the static and dynamic parameters of these fields revealed their evolutionary trends within the placers of the Irshansky placer field. The empirically revealed relationship between the average size and the degree of variability of ilmenite can be used in modeling the processes of morpholitogenesis and oregenesis of titanium placer deposits. Interpretations of the obtained results were carried out on a broad paleogeographical basis, taking into account tectonics, paleorelief, and paleoclimates.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67044181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper goal is to investigate the sustainability of Ukrainian cities from the perspective of urban metabolism model. Based on the study of the features and advantages of the concept of urban metabolism for the development of sustainable and circular cities, the authors applied and analyzed the integral indicators of resource consumption, waste production, economic functions of cities, and also analyzed the institutional capacities, plans and environmental policy measures of 14 regional centers of Ukraine. The scoring helps to determine the ratio of the urban metabolism indicators of the selected cities of Ukraine and to identify the main imbalances in the consumption and use of resources, as well as to identify the cities that require the activation of institutional support for sustainable development. The application of such method highlighted that the urban metabolism concept works and can be applied in conditions of insufficient data and statistical information, as it is now in Ukraine. In research result it is clear that Vinnytsia and Khmelnitskyi are the most sustainable among the selected cities from the perspective of circular economy. Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipro are characterized by balanced flows, but have higher rates of resource consumption and waste production. Poltava, Odesa, Cherkasy and Sumy require significant environmental policy adjustments in relation to resource consumption and waste management. The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv occupies an average position among all cities, which is enhanced by significant economic and innovative development and high level of public environmental activity. The lowest level of anthropogenic pressure is observed in Chernivtsi.
{"title":"URBAN METABOLISM AS A BACKGROUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIRCULAR CITIES IN UKRAINE","authors":"O. Kononenko, O. Dronova","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.01.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.01.036","url":null,"abstract":"The paper goal is to investigate the sustainability of Ukrainian cities from the perspective of urban metabolism model. Based on the study of the features and advantages of the concept of urban metabolism for the development of sustainable and circular cities, the authors applied and analyzed the integral indicators of resource consumption, waste production, economic functions of cities, and also analyzed the institutional capacities, plans and environmental policy measures of 14 regional centers of Ukraine. The scoring helps to determine the ratio of the urban metabolism indicators of the selected cities of Ukraine and to identify the main imbalances in the consumption and use of resources, as well as to identify the cities that require the activation of institutional support for sustainable development. The application of such method highlighted that the urban metabolism concept works and can be applied in conditions of insufficient data and statistical information, as it is now in Ukraine. In research result it is clear that Vinnytsia and Khmelnitskyi are the most sustainable among the selected cities from the perspective of circular economy. Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipro are characterized by balanced flows, but have higher rates of resource consumption and waste production. Poltava, Odesa, Cherkasy and Sumy require significant environmental policy adjustments in relation to resource consumption and waste management. The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv occupies an average position among all cities, which is enhanced by significant economic and innovative development and high level of public environmental activity. The lowest level of anthropogenic pressure is observed in Chernivtsi.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67044187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper aims at the analysis of basic geographical education standards transformation in Ukraine and foreign countries in the XXI century, and their influence on the public image of geography. The volume and duration of compulsory geography education in Ukraine have gradually reduced. Moreover, in the standards of basic secondary education it was partly included into integrated courses and broad academic fields. It have caused significant transformations of public perception and awareness of geography as a science, academic field, and sphere of career opportunities, led to a decline of public demand for geographers. However, world experience shows that geographical literacy is recognized as an essential condition that increase territorial competitiveness and quality of life, contributes to environment protection, and ensure national security through the development of unique cognitive skills, as spatial thinking, spatial culture, and spatial citizenship. It is argued that transformation and renovation of geography teaching methods and content should include: a) implementation of learning approaches that stimulate interest to study local, regional and international issues and support decision making based on understanding of space and spatial relationships; b) development of educational strategies using innovations and practices of geomedia resources implementation as a digital learning environment; c) regular cartographic support of academic process in geography on the principle of “teaching with GIS, not about GIS”; d) use of active learning techniques for the development of spatial thinking/literacy/ citizenship; e) implementation of projects on landscape structure and perception analysis, based on both traditional techniques (fieldworks, observations, reading and interpreting maps), and new technologies of geomedia resources; f) strengthening the emphasis on understanding of human-environmental interactions in school geography program as a particularly important topic in terms of education for sustainable development.
{"title":"PUBLIC IMAGE OF GEOGRAPHY IN THE CONTEXT OF BASIC SECONDARY EDUCATION STANDARDS TRANSFORMATION: UKRAINIAN AND WORLD EXPERIENCE","authors":"Daria Malchykova, K. Mezentsev","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.01.053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.01.053","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims at the analysis of basic geographical education standards transformation in Ukraine and foreign countries in the XXI century, and their influence on the public image of geography. The volume and duration of compulsory geography education in Ukraine have gradually reduced. Moreover, in the standards of basic secondary education it was partly included into integrated courses and broad academic fields. It have caused significant transformations of public perception and awareness of geography as a science, academic field, and sphere of career opportunities, led to a decline of public demand for geographers. However, world experience shows that geographical literacy is recognized as an essential condition that increase territorial competitiveness and quality of life, contributes to environment protection, and ensure national security through the development of unique cognitive skills, as spatial thinking, spatial culture, and spatial citizenship. It is argued that transformation and renovation of geography teaching methods and content should include: a) implementation of learning approaches that stimulate interest to study local, regional and international issues and support decision making based on understanding of space and spatial relationships; b) development of educational strategies using innovations and practices of geomedia resources implementation as a digital learning environment; c) regular cartographic support of academic process in geography on the principle of “teaching with GIS, not about GIS”; d) use of active learning techniques for the development of spatial thinking/literacy/ citizenship; e) implementation of projects on landscape structure and perception analysis, based on both traditional techniques (fieldworks, observations, reading and interpreting maps), and new technologies of geomedia resources; f) strengthening the emphasis on understanding of human-environmental interactions in school geography program as a particularly important topic in terms of education for sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67044197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Today, the study of the development of Holocene nature and its individual components within the territory of Ukraine is quite active. The research results are reflected in dissertations and monographs as well as in numerous publications. But there is no separate generalizing scientific work linking all the available information. The aim of our work was the creation and maximum filling of the spatial database according to the results of paleosoil study of Holocene deposits of the plain territory of Ukraine on the basis of the conducted researches and to highlight perspectives of the development of such database. In the course of work an unified database of paleosoil researches of Holocene deposits of the territory of Ukraine was created. We used Opensource programs for the database creation. Some criteria for the implementation of the modern paleogeographic databases have been established. The attributive structure of the main paleosoil characteristics of the Holocene period has been formed and substantiated. The following blocks have been identified to characterize the paleosoil section as an object of study: 1) spatial reference (administrative, physical-geographical, geographical coordinates); 2) information about the study of the object (the name of the scientist and the year of study); 3) characteristics of the section (used research methods, type of modern and buried soil, thickness of the soil profile); 4) dating of deposits (paleogeographic and archaeological) 5) graphic materials; 6) references. The created database made it possible to determine the current state of paleosoil studies of the Holocene of the plain part of Ukraine in the territorial and chronological context, and also determined further perspectives for its development.
{"title":"DATABASE OF PALEOSOIL RESEARCH OF THE HOLOCENE WITHIN THE PLAINS OF UKRAINE ON THE BASIS OF GIS TECHNOLOGY","authors":"A. Kushnir, O. Leiberiuk","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.01.047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.01.047","url":null,"abstract":"Today, the study of the development of Holocene nature and its individual components within the territory of Ukraine is quite active. The research results are reflected in dissertations and monographs as well as in numerous publications. But there is no separate generalizing scientific work linking all the available information. The aim of our work was the creation and maximum filling of the spatial database according to the results of paleosoil study of Holocene deposits of the plain territory of Ukraine on the basis of the conducted researches and to highlight perspectives of the development of such database. In the course of work an unified database of paleosoil researches of Holocene deposits of the territory of Ukraine was created. We used Opensource programs for the database creation. Some criteria for the implementation of the modern paleogeographic databases have been established. The attributive structure of the main paleosoil characteristics of the Holocene period has been formed and substantiated. The following blocks have been identified to characterize the paleosoil section as an object of study: 1) spatial reference (administrative, physical-geographical, geographical coordinates); 2) information about the study of the object (the name of the scientist and the year of study); 3) characteristics of the section (used research methods, type of modern and buried soil, thickness of the soil profile); 4) dating of deposits (paleogeographic and archaeological) 5) graphic materials; 6) references. The created database made it possible to determine the current state of paleosoil studies of the Holocene of the plain part of Ukraine in the territorial and chronological context, and also determined further perspectives for its development.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67044192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of the scientific publication is a comparative analysis of the chemical composition and microstructure of modern samples of typical chernozems (Vermic Haplic Chernozem) and meadow-typical chernozem soils (Gleyic Chernozem) with 130-year-old samples taken by V.I. Vernadsky in the Kremenchuk district of Poltava region. Age-related changes in the content of organic matter and oxides revealed significant differences in the genesis of natural and agrogenic edaphotopes of the southern of Poltava region. In the conditions of natural edaphotopes, an increase in the total humus content by an average of 0.8 % in five cases out of six is recorded. On the other hand, for all soil samples from agrogenic edaphotopes, a decrease in the humus content by an average of 1.1 % is identified. A slight (1.1 times) but more intense increase in the content of silica (SiO2) in agrogenic edaphotopes (almost 10 %), compared with edaphotopes of natural biogeocenoses (by 5.5 %), as well as an increase in the content of alumina (Al2O3) on average in two times (by 3.7 %) are established. A decrease in the content of Phosphorus compounds by an average of 1.4 times (by 0.1%) against the background of an increase in the content of substances containing Potassium by 7.5 times (by 1.4 %) is registered. The homogeneity of the micromorphological organization of organogenic and mineral components of soils of modern samples and samples taken 130 years ago is revealed. Based on the research results, recommendations for the scientific substantiation of a comprehensive project of environmental measures aimed at protection and balanced uses of Poltava soils are formulated.
{"title":"CHANGES OF CHEMICAL AND MICROMORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLTAVA REGION SOILS OF UKRAINE FOR THE LAST 130 YEARS","authors":"O. Ponomarenko, V. Nykyforov, V. Yakovenko","doi":"10.15407/ugz2022.01.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2022.01.018","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the scientific publication is a comparative analysis of the chemical composition and microstructure of modern samples of typical chernozems (Vermic Haplic Chernozem) and meadow-typical chernozem soils (Gleyic Chernozem) with 130-year-old samples taken by V.I. Vernadsky in the Kremenchuk district of Poltava region. Age-related changes in the content of organic matter and oxides revealed significant differences in the genesis of natural and agrogenic edaphotopes of the southern of Poltava region. In the conditions of natural edaphotopes, an increase in the total humus content by an average of 0.8 % in five cases out of six is recorded. On the other hand, for all soil samples from agrogenic edaphotopes, a decrease in the humus content by an average of 1.1 % is identified. A slight (1.1 times) but more intense increase in the content of silica (SiO2) in agrogenic edaphotopes (almost 10 %), compared with edaphotopes of natural biogeocenoses (by 5.5 %), as well as an increase in the content of alumina (Al2O3) on average in two times (by 3.7 %) are established. A decrease in the content of Phosphorus compounds by an average of 1.4 times (by 0.1%) against the background of an increase in the content of substances containing Potassium by 7.5 times (by 1.4 %) is registered. The homogeneity of the micromorphological organization of organogenic and mineral components of soils of modern samples and samples taken 130 years ago is revealed. Based on the research results, recommendations for the scientific substantiation of a comprehensive project of environmental measures aimed at protection and balanced uses of Poltava soils are formulated.","PeriodicalId":36917,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Geographical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67044149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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