Registration Number
0226U003402,
(0121U110148)
, R & D reports
Title
The landscapes’ response to global climate change and anthropopression in the western region of Ukraine
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Реакція ландшафтів західного регіону України на глобальні кліматичні зміни та антропопресію
Head
Ridush Bohdan T, д.геогр.н.
Registration Date
03-04-2026
Organization
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
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To identify the landscapes’ response to anthropogenic pressure and global climate change The reaction of landscapes to anthropogenic pressure and global climatic dynamics, features of landscape transformation due to changes in settlement and agricultural pressure, and the renaturalization of natural and artificial landscapes in cases of reduced anthropopression due to urbanization are explored. This will be achieved by indicating changes in landscapes, the study of the course of dynamic processes in landscapes against the background of global climate change in the region, and response to anthropogenic pressure and global climate dynamics. Features of short- and long-period climatic and landscape changes in the western region of Ukraine will be established.
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The report summarises the results of a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and transformation of landscapes in western Ukraine under the influence of anthropogenic load and global climate change. We established that the region's landscape complexes are characterised by high diversity, driven by contrasts in relief, complex geological structure, diverse soil cover, and a significant amplitude of climatic conditions. Plain, highland, and mountainous landscapes exhibit different sensitivities to external influences.
Anthropogenic load is identified as a key factor in modern transformations, manifested in the reduction of forest areas, intensification of logging, expansion of agricultural land, urbanisation, and infrastructure development. The most intense changes are characteristic of plain and foothill areas. At the same time, global climate change causes increased temperatures, uneven precipitation, and a higher frequency of extreme weather events, which are especially noticeable in the highlands, where subalpine meadows are degraded, snow cover duration is reduced, and vegetation zones shift. Paleogeographic analysis of the last millennium allowed us to distinguish the Medieval Warming, the Little Ice Age and the modern warming, during which landscape systems underwent significant restructuring. Analysis of modern and fossil mollusc communities confirmed the high sensitivity of the malacofauna to climatic and landscape changes and its value as an indicator. Modern transformations are mainly of a degrading nature and are accompanied by the activation of erosion, landslide, and accumulation processes. Monitoring studies of sulfate karst and cave deposits have shown that they are highly dependent on climatic cycles and hydrological regimes. The need for comprehensive landscape planning, rational land use, forest restoration, and enhanced environmental monitoring to ensure sustainable regional development is substantiated.
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Iryna P. Dobynda
Myroslav M. Proskurniak
Dariia I. Kholiavchuk
Petro I. Cherneha
Kyryliuk Serhii M.
Prysakar Vitalij B
Viktoriia A. Bilous
Iryna L. Hodzinska
Uliana I. Kostiuk
Oles B. Ridush
Alina I. Diachuk
Halyna D. Kovbinka
Yana A. Pop'iuk
Vasyl F. Shavranskyi
Daryna I. Shkaieva
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2026-04-03
