Pichura V. Theoretical and methodological principles of the basin organization of nature management in the catchment areas of transboundary rivers (by the example of the Dnipro river basin)

The thesis provides theoretical and methodological substantiation of the basin organization of nature management based on positionally dynamic, adaptive-landscape, geosystemic principles. It proposes methodology and methods of research on basin landscape structures developed by the author and tested. The study also presents the results of assessing the ecological state and the complex large-scale space-time modeling of the situation in the basin of the Dnipro river. The methodological scheme of the investigation includes six logical-consecutive blocks: determining the internal geomorphological structure of the catchment area; research on climate change and soil and climatic potential; a study of the state of the basin landscape territorial structures; ecological assessment of surface water quality; assessment of the level of violation of the ecological status of the river basin; a mechanism of nature management on the territory of the transboundary river basin.