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THE LONG-TERM PATTERN OF ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS RESULTING IN CRUCIAL DEPOPULATION OF A ONCE WELL-DEVELOPED AREA (CASE OF UKRAINE)

DOI: 10.24263/EDSD-2025-7-4

Dmitry Nikolaenko

New Euro Vision: exhibitions, marketing, research S.R.O., Brno, Czech Republic

Corresponding author: euukraine@icloud.com

War supplies a new perspective for analyzing a range of issues. The geographical characteristics of specific locations affected by the war require careful examination. They are associated with persistent and notable changes in the environment. Environmental disasters demonstrate a sustained and identifiable trend throughout history. Such occurrences may manifest in both peacetime and wartime contexts. The analysis of long-term land development processes reveals specific locations associated with intentional depopulation in those areas. These instances are often associated with a notable reduction in water supply in the affected regions. Human activity has resulted in a notable alteration of the natural hydrological patterns. Examining such phenomena provides important insights within the framework of military ecotones. The emphasis is on clarifying the environmental consequences of large-scale destructive actions. The lack of a thorough scientific theory and methodology is evident, as it fails to sufficiently address the long-term trends associated with the deterioration of the environmental conditions in a clearly defined region. The length of a process that spans over a century is marked by fragmentation, frequently assessed only through its individual occurrences. The framework of this transformation in nature, leading to a challenging environmental situation, is often neglected.

CITE:

Nikolaenko, D. (2025). The long-term pattern of ecological disasters resulting in crucial depopulation of a once well-developed area (case of Ukraine). Selected Papers of the VІI International Conference on European Dimensions of Sustainable Development, May 5-7, 2025. National University of Food Technologies, Kyiv, 24-30. https://doi.org/10.24263/EDSD-2025-7-4

DOI: 10.24263/EDSD-2025-7-4