Abstract
The main purpose of this work is to evaluate allocated the landscapes of Imereti and to anthropogenic changes in them. These give chance to determine the current tendencies of different landscapes. The research is based on the field work carried out in different landscapes of Imereti and also on the different scientific sources. This issue is high pressing for Imereti – one of the region of West Georgia. It is connected with a lot of environmental problems such as: activation of natural disasters (flooding, landslides, etc.); increase of soil erosion and degradation; deforestation and over grassing, raising risk of extinction of rare, relic and endemic species; reduce of biodiversity; reduce of agricultural productivity, etc. Thus, in consideration of these problems a special attention should be directed to the consequences of anthropogenic transformations. Imereti is located in a humid subtropical zone and it is distinctive by the various natural-territorial complexes (NTCs). The area of Imereti is 6539.7 km<sup>2</sup> and the length of the borders is 389.2 km. Imereti has basically well-defined natural (topographical) borders that grants this regions a physical-geographical distinction and makes it a difficult territorial unit for landscape-ecological research. Analysis of the NTCs - every natural landscape unit and the creation of a unified ecological situation in the environment gives us the opportunity to take into account the challenges of the rational use of the buns of beneficiaries that are practical in the regional and local aspects.
Highlights
Landscape classification has theoretical but practical value as well
Imereti is distinguished by a diversity of landscapes, which is connected with topographic peculiarities, geological features, climatic conditions, floristic and edaphic features, etc
Despite strong anthropogenic transformation of lowland and foothill landscapes of Imereti, diverse and unique ones still remain in many places, especially in protected area
Summary
Landscape classification has theoretical but practical value as well. It enables sorting similar landscapes and assessing them according to territory planning, resortrecreation management, agricultural management, amelioration and etc.The issues of landscape classification are considered in many scientific works with different ideas about the essence of landscapes and their classification principles and methods according to numerous parameters [1, 2]. Landscape classification has theoretical but practical value as well. It enables sorting similar landscapes and assessing them according to territory planning, resortrecreation management, agricultural management, amelioration and etc. The issues of landscape classification are considered in many scientific works with different ideas about the essence of landscapes and their classification principles and methods according to numerous parameters [1, 2]. There are three kinds of landscape conception: general, typological and regional. A landscape simultaneously focuses on regional and typological indicators of the nature. It is necessary to take into account these circumstances for landscape classification
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