ECOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE IN THE CONCEPTS OF SOCIO­ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL COMPONENTS

Abstract

Problem Statement and Purpose. The article deals with the problem of extending the ecological imperative to all kinds of life of society and adapting environmental regulations and norms to new civilizations 1 conditions. Over the centuries, the envi­ronmental approach, initiated as one of the varieties of biological science, has become a powerful interdisciplinary scientific field that has been integrated by a number of traditional sciences. For geography, social ecology and geoecology became the most visible consequences of cross-curricular integration. The purpose of this paper is to present the main directions of using the concept of environmental imperative in geo­graphical studies.Data & Methods. As a methodological basis used the developments outlined in sci­entific papers published by N. N. Moiseev. L. G. Rudenko. O. G. Topchijev. .Tu. P. Sheljag-Sosonko. O. Baniere. In the work, cartographic, comparative-geographical, statistical methods are applied. In conducting the study, the authors were guided by general scientific methods in geographical studies, fundamental philosophical meth­ods. in particular the principle of comprehensive consideration of the subject, the principle of unity of logical and historical. The authors used studies in the field of synergetics, co-evolution and noospliere, which reveal a fundamentally new type of connection between namre and man in their interaction and suggest the application of a conscious human rational strategy of interaction with the environment.Results. Depending on the level of organization of life, the environmental imperative sets different tasks - from ensuring a healthy environment to preserving the biosphere. It is noted that the end of XX - beginning of XXI century is characterized by acceler­ated transition to ecoconcepts, among which formation and development of regional socio-economic policy: the role and place in it of environmental and socio-economic factors. The question of the absence of a single economic sector in the structure of the economy of countries and regions that would combine environmental and recrea­tional activities. The formation of a new structural unit is proposed: the sector of so­cio-natural types of economic activity, which would combine the nature conservation and recreational sectors of the economy and the corresponding types of economic activity. At the regional level, in order to accelerate the development of socio-natural activities, it is necessary to form intersectoral complexes - namre conservation and recreational-tourism industries. The problems of formation of intersectoral complex of socio-natural activities on the example of Odessa region are considered.