Physical geography and geomorphology 2024, 47, 5-6 (127-128), 7-22

https://doi.org/10.17721/phgg.2024.5-6.01

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Spatial planning of nature conservation areas (a case study of the small river restoration project)

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Sergii Yu. Bortnyk (1,4), Tetiana М. Lavruk (1), Maria М. Lavruk (2), Liubov М.Tymuliak (3), Olesya A. Voitsekhovska (1)

1 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64/13, Volodymyrska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
2 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 1, Universytetska St., Lviv, 79000, Ukraine
3 Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 44, Volodymyrska St., Kyiv, 01054, Ukraine
4 Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, St. Żeromskiego 5, Kielce, 25-369, Poland

 

Abstract

Planning protected areas is an important component of spatial planning, which determines the strategy of balanced spatial development. However, this problem has not yet been solved, particularly when planning eco-networks. Restoration of small rivers requires special attention to water resources conservation and their multifunctional coastal zone protection. With skillful planning, these zones can serve as connecting elements of ecological networks, contributing to the preservation of geodiversity and biodiversity, be landscape and recreational areas with geotourism routes and recreation areas, spaces for sports, etc. Environmental protection work in small river basins should begin with scientific research of the catchment area, its natural features, and its response to anthropogenic impact. Such research is the basis for developing an environmental strategy for territorial communities, in particular the restoration of natural riverbeds, legal protection of coastal zones, the creation of water use systems, and natural resource management strategies. The purpose of this article is to highlight the features of spatial planning of protected areas using the example of the project for the restoration of the Kolomyyka River, a left tributary of the Prut River in the Danube basin. This project was developed in cooperation with students in the framework of the training courses “Spatial Planning of Protected Areas” and “Eco-Project Management” at the Department of Earth Sciences and Geomorphology of the Faculty of Geography of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Scientists from the Faculty of Geography of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the Department of Landscape Science of the Institute of Geography of the NAS of Ukraine participated in the project. The research methodology used theoretical and normative sources of environmental protection activities and international experience in the restoration of small rivers. Methodological recommendations are presented in the form of a template proposed by DESPRO UP-10 for local development projects. The recommendations can be used to restore small rivers of Ukraine, which are most vulnerable to anthropogenic impact, to provide nature conservation status to their coastal strips, which will contribute to the preservation of especially valuable floodplain natural complexes.

Keywords
Temperature anomalies, climatological normal, maximum air temperature, heat wave, blocking process

Received: 26 September 2024 / Accepted:31 October 2024 / / Published online: 30 December 2024