Abstract
The relevance of applied regional studies aimed at solving problems of adapting the nature management and spatial planning system to the current conditions of natural landscape transformation is based on the widespread interest in this topic from Russian and international researchers. Environmental approaches, which gained currency at the legislative level elsewhere in Europe, are virtually absent in the Russian system of spatial planning. This results in the emergence of and increase in the number of nature management conflicts at the regional and local levels and creates problems for using advanced international experience in problem solving. This study aims to establish a methodology for a comprehensive assessment of the Kaliningrad region’s territory according to the degree of landscape vulnerability to the anthropogenic impact in spatial and temporal aspects. In practical terms, this study demonstrates the possibility of introducing environmental approaches into the system of regional spatial planning in view of the geoecological, economic, geographical, and historical factors. The key result of this study is the preparation of cartographic documents describing changes in landscape vulnerability of the Kaliningrad region. These documents serve as the basis for proposals aimed at optimising the regional nature management system. The findings of the study make it possible to augment the existing approaches to spatial planning in the Kaliningrad region and its municipalities.
Highlights
Intensive human use of the Baltic region’s coastal territories emphasised the conflict between environmental and economic interests of their development
The popular European concept of sustainable regional development suggesting the introduction of environmental aspects into the spatial planning process at legal and administrative levels is gaining wide currency in Russian studies
Geoecological assessments of current condition of ecosystems make it possible to track changes brought about by human use. This area has been rapidly developing in Russia in line with political and administrative transformations of the regional nature management and spatial planning
Summary
Intensive human use of the Baltic region’s coastal territories emphasised the conflict between environmental and economic interests of their development. One of such tools is multi-criteria assessment of natural systems reflecting their general geo-ecological condition — calculation of landscape vulnerability to anthropogenic pressures.
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