REGIONAL CONSTRUCTIVE-GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Abstract

Problem Statement and Purpose. The problem of rational use of regional and local features of natural conditions and natural resources in the development of modern communities is relevant; constructive-geographical and constructive-landscape research in this process should solve the problem of rational nature management within the territory of each community. In connection with the active reform of the modern economy, it is necessary to gradually move away from standard methods of using natural resources, taking into account their regional and local features, traditions and customs of economic development. This applies to any region of Ukraine. As an example – considered Podillya, and within its boundaries in more detail the Middle Transnistria. Data & Methods. For the preparation of the article the publications of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of constructive geography and landscape science on the mentioned problem, materials of Vinnytsia regional archive, field constructive-geographical researches during 2010–2020 were used. Methods: comparative-geographical, statistical, analysis and synthesis and generalization. The principle of historicism was used to analyze the dynamics of decentralization processes and the significance of the formation of united territorial communities within Middle Transnistria. The comparative-geographical approach allowed to investigate the spatial differences of regional constructive-geographical research in the economic activity of local communities. Results. It is shown that the peculiar, often unique, nature and landscape of Middle Transnistria is now used irrationally, without taking into account their regional and local specifics. It is noted that constructive and geographical studies have made it possible to develop a plan for the rational use of natural resources of Middle Transnistria by local communities, taking into account their specifics, historical traditions, customs and modern needs. It includes both the restoration of traditional and effective in the past (winemaking, horticulture, mulberry, tobacco production), the reconstruction of modern individual industries and the development of new ones (recreation, extreme tourism, modern crafts). Taking into account regional and local peculiarities of natural conditions and resources not only of Middle Transnistria, but also of any region of Ukraine is one of the directions to the prosperity of local communities, preservation and rational use of nature and landscape of their territories.