Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

Prospects of application of space methods for monitoring landscapes of the Astrakhan region

2015. №3, pp. 49-53

Chigina Tatyana S. - Post-graduate student, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, tatyanka1106@mail.ru

Sharova Irina S. - C.Sc. in Geography Associate professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, kerina-best@mail.ru

Bezuglova Marina S. - C.Sc. in Geography Associate professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, marinadenis@ya.ru

The reasons of change of landscapes of area can be both anthropogenous, and natural. Now because of an uncontrollable flow of tourists there is a pollution and degradation of land, vegetable and water resources of the Astrakhan region. All this is a consequence of lack of specially equipped ecological tracks, check-points, and visit centers. Space pictures represent a fine basis for extrapolation of results of land landscape supervision. However, due to insufficient development of the management of different levels of regional administration, scientific and industrial structures, lack of proper funding is a serious problem for the application of these methods in monitoring landscapes of the Astrakhan region.

Key words: туризм, мониторинг, ГИС, ландшафты, деградация, регион, аэрокосмические снимки, tourism, monitoring, GIS, landscape, degradation, region, aerospace images

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