ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION LANDSCAPES IN THE MINING ZONES OF IMERETI AND RACHA
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2019-09-13
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International Multidisciplinary Conference Actual Problems of Landscape Sciences: Environment, Society, Politics.
Abstract
A comprehensive landscape study was carried out in the coal mining area of Tkibuli -Shaori and the teschenite mining area in Kursebi. The article describes changes in the landscape, soil and vegetation and their specific ecological properties in the mentioned areas. A large scale map (1: 50 000) of Tkibuli Municipality has been
designed with GIS by drawing on literature, expedition materials, satellite and aerial images and topographical maps.Zones of ecological stress have been revealed. Significant transformation of relief, intensification of geodynamic
processes (landslides and mudflows) and groundwater contamination were identified as top risks related to coal mining. Open cast teschenite mining in Kursebi results in a high number of technogenic pits deprived of soil and vegetation and in low quality anthropogenic landscapes. The following anthropogenic impact zones can be
distinguished: 1. A severe impact zone where vegetation and soil are completely destroyed and changes in microrelief,and consequently in climate, trigger landscape transformation. 2. A zone adjacent to a mining site. 3. A transitional zone between post-mined and natural landscapes which is partially destroyed and altered.
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Anthropogenic factor, Ecological condition, landscape, Mining Zone .