The problem of establishing coastal protection strips within settlements

Abstract

The article analyzes the main problems related to establishing coastal protection strips within the boundaries of settlements. Groups of problems were identified based on standard features and reasons for their occurrence: problems caused by the obsolescence or lack of urban planning and land management documentation; problems related to land plots adjacent to coastal protective strips; problems associated with obstructing citizens' access to water bodies and those associated with insufficient control over the condition of riverbeds. It has been established that the most common problem is the lack of up-to-date urban planning and land management documentation, such as a master plan and a land management project for establishing (changing) boundaries, including settlements, a land management project that defines the territories of the nature reserve fund, other areas of nature protection, health, recreation, historical and cultural, forestry purposes, as well as water fund lands and water protection zones (most of these documents are from the 80-90s of the last century). Insufficient documentation also leads to the loss of natural channels of water bodies in some places, such as on the territory of territorial communities, making it challenging to establish coastal protection strips. According to the current legislation, the owners of land plots do not have the right to own these land plots. In addition, a significant problem is restricting citizens' access to water bodies in settlements. The article also analyzes essential documents and regulatory and methodological materials regarding establishing coastal protection strips. It was emphasized that measures such as the updating of urban planning documentation, in particular the development of comprehensive plans for the spatial development of the territories of territorial communities, conducting an inventory of land within the boundaries of water bodies, and the development of projects for the establishment of water protection zones and coastal protection strips will contribute to the solution of these problems and ensure the proper order of using water objects. Keywords: coastal protection strips, water protection zones, urban planning documentation, regulatory and legal support, territorial communities.