Tsyhanok Y. Landscape and ecological organization of natural protected areas of urbanized zones (City of Kyiv case study).

Research on the topic of the dissertation was carried out during 2017 – 2021 in accordance with the plans of the scientific research of the Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Geographical Faculty, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The dissertation is devoted to the study of the landscape-ecological organization of urban protected areas (UPA), located within the urban environment. The territories and objects of the nature reserve fund (NRF) and green infrastructure of the City of Kyiv serve as case study of the research. The source materials of the study include own data of the field survey of NPF objects of Kyiv and its green zones, current and projected Master Plans of Kyiv, normative documents of the Kyiv City Council, administrative districts ecological passports, registers of communal recreational zones, geospatial data of the OpenStreetMap and Google Maps, numerous cartographic materials, in particular a topographic plan of Kyiv at a scale of 1: 2000, a digital landscape map of Kyiv at a scale of 1: 25000, schemes of organization of territories of the NPF.