Babikova K. Agroecological assessment of residential areas in the context of agrotourism

The thesis is devoted to priority scientific tasks to establish the environmental and socio-economic areas of agritourism activities, through a comprehensive evaluation of agroecological residential areas, environmental certification and categorization of agro-tourism accommodation establishments. A comprehensive study of the status of the main components of agro-ecosystems private farms engaged in agro-tourism organization in the Kosiv district and district of Yaremche in Ivano-Frankivsk region. The method of evaluating the ecological state of the residential areas with the development of agricultural tourism via integrated parameter is proposed. Based on the values of the integral index, defined criteria for assessing the ecological state of the objects (agro-estates). The results allow assert the possibility of agro-tourism and agricultural activities within the studied agro-estates. The general scheme of agritourism and rural households classified by type of service provided. The ecological passport tourist area (object), environmental passport rural (agricultural) estate and residential area and made their regional testing within agro-estate "Paradise". The system of evaluation criteria for making environmental categorization of objects agritourism was improved, which focuses on the requirements of environmental protection and to maintain the agricultural and agro-tourism activities in compliance with the fundamental principles of sustainable development.