Project of basin nature management of the Vorskla River within the boundaries of Prokhorovsky district

Abstract

The Belgorod region, which occupies 0.2% of the country’s territory, is among the leading subjects of the Russian Federation in the production of agricultural products. The river network of the region has undergone significant changes: over the past century, its length has decreased by 35% from its original state. The noted trends in the development of degradation processes determine the need for geo-planning solutions to ensure the soil conservation organization of nature management in the Belgorod region. In the current situation, it is necessary to scientifically substantiate the transformation of agricultural landscapes into sustainable agroecosystems. At the same time, an integrated geoecological approach should be used to organize the landscape shell with a rational spatial combination of natural and economic components. This idea formed the basis of a new synthetic direction of socio-economic geography - geoplanning. The geoplanning approach will make it possible to implement the geoecological aspects of ecosystem functioning through a set of design solutions. The results of the research work on the project: certification of the natural and economic conditions of the Vorskla River basin within the boundaries of the Prokhorovsky district of the Belgorod region was carried out; measures for ecological improvement and rational economic use of river basins were developed, including measures for biologization of arable land, allocation of areas for natural self-restoration, a plan for rational economic and recreational use of water bodies was developed, optimal network of dirt roads; calculation of environmental, economic and social outcomes of the project; proposed organization of control and supervision over the progress of the project.