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{"title":"Textural-structural characteristics and mineral types of ores of the Aghlig-Filfilli mineralization area of the Duruja zone","authors":"Teller S. Gadirova","doi":"10.15421/112302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112302","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The black shale complex, which is organic carbon-bearing and characterized by syngenetic, epigenetic sulphidation and intense metamorphism in the Duruja structural-forma- tion zone of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus, is the focus of geologists’ attention due to the mineralization areas, which are rich in significant non-ferrous, noble, radioactive metals, rare and rare earth elements. In order to determine the prospects of noble, non-ferrous, radioactive metals, rare and rare earth elements of the black shale of the Aghlig-Filfilli mineralization area of the Duruja zone, it is necessary to determine the mineralogical composition of the ores of the area, to study the textural-structural characteristics and to clarify whether the rocks of the zone are a source of complex ore raw materials. The object of the work is the mineragraphic and petrographic study of the numerous samples col- lected from the Aghlig-Filfilli mineralization area during the field expedition before the PhD admission period, during my post-graduate studies and currently in order to solve various important mineralogical and petrographic problems. In order to investigate the textural-structural characteristics and mineral types of the ores of the Aghlig-Filfilli mineralization area, thin sections and polished sections made from the samples were studied with the help of «Carl Zeiss» and «Polam-312» microscopes in transmitted and reflected rays. The composition, surface area and morphological characteristics of the monomineral samples were studied by the electron microscope «SEM». Accurate diagnosis of some minerals was carried out based on the results of their X-ray diffractometric analysis. According to the results of the research, the ores of the Aghlig-Filfilli mineralization area were formed in 3 stages: syngenetic, epigenetic and rem- ineralization as a result of strong metamorphism of syngenetic formations. At the same time, the origin of the ores of the Aghlıg-Filfilli mineralization area was studied. According to the results of the research, it was determined that epigenetic mineralization in contact with Aralig and Zangi deep faults in the north and south of the Aghlig-Filfilli area is of magmatogene origin (δ34S=1.6-4.6), and synge- netic mineralization in the black shales towards the center is of biogenic origin (δ34S= -18 – -22.6). \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"482 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76697617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Location of small towns and rural settlements of Ukraine and new realities of the administrative- territorial system: contradictions and perspectives of mutual influences","authors":"Myroslav S. Dnistryanskyi, Iryna M. Chaika","doi":"10.15421/112301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112301","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The article reveals the mutual influences of the geography of small towns (mistechka) and rural settlements in Ukraine and the system of administrative-territorial organization at the middle and lowest levels. Based on the statistical analysis, it was concluded that the location of very small cities, urban-type settlements (selyshchа miskoho typu) and villages is significantly differentiated by regions of Ukraine, taking into account the historical-geographical and natural-geographical prerequisites, the level of urbanization and industrialization, as well as differences in the demographic situation. The study proved that before the administrative reform, the small towns of Ukraine played an important role in the organization of the middle link of the administrative territorial system, being the centers of most districts, but as a result of the reform, their administrative importance in the district division became minimal. At the same time, almost half of the small towns became centres of united territorial communities. The author concludes that the loss of the status of medium-sized administrative units by towns could be compensated by transferring a significant part of the functions of regional authorities to new administrative districts, and most of the functions of former district centres to the centres of low-level territorial communities. For this purpose, it is necessary to create appropriate socio-economic conditions for the small towns-centres of new territorial communities to perform all the functions of serving the population of nearby settlements. It was concluded that such changes in administrative powers can ensure, in general, a shift in the weight of socio-economic life deep into the territory, which is necessary to overcome intra-regional disproportions in the development of the economy and the social sphere. The proposition that the structure of rural resettlement also influenced the territorial organization of local self-government in rural areas in different ways at all times was conceptually substantiated. The main socio-geographic parameters that used to determine and currently determine the structure of rural self-government are the density of the rural population, the average population, and the density of rural settlements. The study proved the presence of various regional variants of the combination of these indicators, which were also reflected in the geography of the centres in rural territorial communities. A positive consequence of the administrative reform was the strengthening of the financial base of rural communities, but at the same time, the administrative importance of many rural settlements of Ukraine decreased due to the loss of the status of rural council centres, and the distances between rural settlements and new administrative centres increased. As villages-community centres began to serve larger territories, if their infrastructural potential and economic base were strengthened, they could become ","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90091716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of Sedimentation and Bathymetry of Selected Small Reservoirs on the Priority Water-Linked Sectors in the Zambezi River Basin","authors":"M. Muchanga, H. Sichingabula, Richman Wankie, K. Banda, Charles Bwalya Chisanga, K. Mubanga","doi":"10.5539/jgg.v15n1p27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v15n1p27","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted within the Zambezi River Basin to ascertain the bathymetry and sedimentation of selected reservoirs, evaluate their seasonal hydrological regimes, pinpoint the causes of reservoir siltation, and determine how the bathymetry and siltation impacted water-related industries and policy choices. Hydrological field measurements using a hydrographic survey boat, document studies, and interviews were used to collect the data. The 3D spatial analyst tools in ArcGIS 10.3 and hypsometric curves were used to analyze bathymetric data. Thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative interview data. Findings indicated that sedimentation was a problematic phenomenon spatial-temporally and, it triggered a significant decrease in the storage capacities of the reservoirs. The study noted that catchments with small reservoirs were vulnerable to severe water stress, particularly from July through the beginning of the next rainy season in December. Over 90% of the local population and water-related industries were facing substantial risks of economic water shortages and may continue to face more water challenges amidst escalating climatic changes. The problem could be addressed by coping mechanisms such as alternative livelihoods, water harvesting, and water shedding. This study proposes an Integrated Water Resources Management Framework, which may help incorporate water education to bring about behavioural change against drivers of sedimentation. The proposed sediment and water resources management model serves as a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary tool that could be used to address siltation concerns. This work has also shown the significance of bathymetric surveys of small reservoirs as a basis for policy context and regulations on managing water resources.","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77615787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cascadia Earthquake-Triggered Rockslide Burial of Beeswax Galleon Wreck Timbers in a Sea Cliff Wave-Cut Platform Site, North Smuggler Cove, Oregon, USA","authors":"C. Peterson, S. Williams, Craig Andes","doi":"10.5539/jgg.v15n1p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v15n1p1","url":null,"abstract":"Shipwreck timbers (n=27) from the Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos, also known as the Beeswax Wreck (lost in 1693), are examined for origins of multiple, simultaneous rockslide burials that protected and preserved the timbers on an intertidal wave-cut platform in the small Smuggler Cove in the Northern Oregon coast. The rockslides (n=3–4) that buried the shipwreck timbers are compared to nearby historic rockslide analogs to better establish the mechanisms of boulder distributions on the wave-cut platform. Large boulders (n=20), generally ≥1.0 m intermediate diameter, in the North Smuggler Cove (NSC) timber burial site were measured for estimated mass (1–41 t) and alongshore distribution below small gullies that routed the boulders to the wave-cut platform from overlying short (~100 m distance) but steep hillslopes (40–60% gradient). The multiple independent rockslides in the NSC site, dated to ~300 years by the buried Beeswax Wreck timbers, showed catastrophic, simultaneous activation by a widespread trigger. Anomalous rainfall and/or storm wave attack are unlikely mechanisms for these rockslide activations due to 1) hillslope protections from extended-upslope surface water discharge and 2) sea cliff protection from direct storm wave impacts. The most likely widespread trigger for rockslide activation in the NSC site is seismic ground shaking from an earthquake in the Central Cascadia subduction zone. Modern storm wind velocities (>10 s-1 sustained velocity and 170–225° bearing) and storm surge generated rip currents (≥0.5 km offshore distance) indicate that Beeswax Wreck timbers could have been transported north (1–10 km) to Smuggler Cove, within several winter seasons after the breakup of the Santo Cristo de Burgos. The most likely seismic trigger that could have activated the multiple rockslides in the NSC site, shortly after the brief accumulation of shipwreck timbers on the narrow, intertidal wave-cut platform in Smuggler Cove, is the 1700 Cascadia great earthquake (Mw~9.0). Additional sea cliff rockslide sites (n=8) in the central Cascadia margin are suggested for further investigations of seismically activated slope failures by the 1700 Cascadia great earthquake.","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86998612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tectogenesis as a factor influencing the stability of rock masses of the Northern iron ore district of the Kryvbas","authors":"Valeriy D. Еvtekhov, Sergiy V. Tikhlivets, S. Tikhlivets, Anton O. Urin","doi":"10.15421/112274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112274","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000In the Northern iron-ore district of the Kryvbas basin, mining of deposits of poor magnetic ores is underway in two quarries – Pervomaiskyi and Hannivsky. Oftentimes, their mine contours contain low-valuable or unusable magnetite-silicaceous quarzites of containing ferrous and slate horizons. As a result, excavated ore mass contains ores and partly containing rocks of various mineral and chemical compositions and physical and technical properties. This caused diversity (15 mineral kinds) of the compositions of ores mined from the both deposits. Variability of mineral compositions of ores and rocks is due to manifesta- tions of numerous geological processes such as sedimentation, metamorphism, tectogenesis, metasomatism, supergene, etc. Various mineralogical, geochemical courses of the processes resulted in variability in physical, technical characteristics of ores and containing rocks, and this, in turn, caused various stability of rock masses during drilling-explosive works and mining. Stability of pit walls of the quarries of iron-ore deposits of the Kryvyi Rih basin is a sharp issue for mining enterprises. Solutions to those issues have been analyzed in various aspects. A number of factors take effects on the indicator of stability of rock masses within deposits, particularly mineralogical, geochemical, tectonic, etc. This paper looks at the influence of the tectonic factor specifically, which actively manifests within the Pervomayskyi and Hannivskyi deposits as fractures, breccias, mylonite of ores and rocks. During the surveys, there were designated tectonically altered kinds of ores and rocks within the both deposits, which take effects on seismic stability of pit walls of the both quarries, and also we put areas with various tectonic intensities on schematic maps. For this purpose, we used geological methods of study (selection of samples, mapping), mineralogical (determining quantitative proportions of minerals, texture, structure of ores and rocks). The study provides the data of mineralogical estimates of tectonically altered types of ores and rocks of productive layers of the Pervomaiskyi and Hannivskyi deposits of the Kryvyi Rih basin. We charted maps with areas of various manifestations of tectonic changes within productive layers of the both deposits. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84654057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lithoecotopes and vegetation of the Left -bank and the Right-bank dumps of the Southern Mining and Processing Plant","authors":"Nataliia V. Voroshylova, Valentyna I. Сhorna, Larisa V. Dotsenko, Viktoria V. Katsevych, T. Ananieva, K. Harchenko","doi":"10.15421/112273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112273","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The article clarifies the peculiarities of the development of vegetation that is formed on the rock dumps of the Southern Mining and Processing Plant or their rock components (lithoecotopes), that is, only lithophilic vegetation. The problem of researching lithophilic plant communities from the point of view of forecasting their natural development and optimization is relevant not only for Kryvbas, but also for all industrial areas of open mining, in which significant masses of hard overburden rocks are brought to the surface of the earth. We have defined various lithoecotopes and described plant groups of varying complexity on plateau peaks, terraces and slopes depending on the specifics of their constituent rocks and typological features. Plant lithophilic groups of dumps of the Southern Mining and Processing Plant in accordance with the state of lithoecotopes, including all typological characteristics and geochemical nature of rocks, are marked by significant analytical (floristic and ecomorphic composition, occur- rence, stratification, physiognomy, abundance, coverage) and synthetic (similarity, constancy) differences signs A detailed study of thecondition of plants and their groups in lithoecotopes made it possible to make sure that their distribution and development have clearly defined substrate and relief-exposure dependencies, which can be used in phytotic and phytocenotic improvement of these man-made ecotopes. The natural overgrowth of all dumps has a mixed shrub-tree forest and grassy character in accordance with the typological characteristics and composition of the rocks. It was found that the change of plant communities on the lithoecotopes left without hu- man influence is endoexogenous in nature, because the ecesis external pressure is imposed on intracenotic processes. As a result of such integration, both fluctuations and successions naturally occur against the background of one or another substrate. The occurrence of species, the species and petrophytic capacity of plant communities, and their petrophytic indices in the lithoecotopes of the dumps have discrepancies depending on the specifics of the conditions. In general, the taxonomic composition of the plant communities of the dumps of the Pidennoy GZK of Kryvbas is determined by 218 species belonging to 54 families, 84 species of which are petrophytes. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89709479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Covid-19 and tourism impact assessment: cluster analysis for Europe region","authors":"A. Vorontsova, T. Vasylieva, T. Grynko, M. Korneyev, Oleksandr P. Krupskyi, N. Nebaba","doi":"10.15421/112272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112272","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000For a long time, the tourism industry was considered one of the economy’s lead- ing and most progressive sectors, characterized by an advanced scale of development. The situation was changed fundamentally by the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused significant losses at the global level, not only for tourism but also for all sectors of the economy and society. In this regard, the provision of this article identifies the nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism in a particular country in the European region using cluster analysis. In the first stage of this work, a detailed literature review on the existence of such a connection was carried out with the help of bibliometric analysis. The authors used the results published in Scopus and Web of Science databases for the keywords «tourism», and «Covid-19» and analyzed the growth dynamics in their number and citations, belonging to the research area and the spread of geography. Building a bibliometric map of keywords based on their joint placement in the VOSviewer software complex deepened findings. It made it possible to form 10 clusters, each of which covers scientific works on various forms of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism (for example, behavioral, marketing, economic, environmental, psychological aspects, etc.). In the second stage, an analytical review was conducted, which showed a significant drop in the absolute and apparent contribution of travel and tourism to GDP worldwide in 2020 and 2021 worsened with the pandemic level, and an increase in the dynamics of key indicators of the tourism industry in the world and across all UNWTO regions (especially Asia & Pacific). In the last step, a hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis (with Ward’s method) was carried out for the countries of the European region (45 countries) based on indicators of the number of COVID-19 cases in the country (cumulative and new), vaccination of the population, the presence of restrictions on tourism, international tourist arrivals, and receipts, collection of tourism in exports. All indicators for analyzing the collected state are provided as of July 30, 2022, using the Stata SE 12 software complex. The construction of a dendrogram and the use of Calins- ki-Harabasz and Duda-Hart stopping rules made it possible to decide on the presence of 3 clusters that meet the conditions of this study and are characterized by different levels of adaptability to post-pandemic functioning and recovery direction. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74015434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Geological expeditions and routes of M. Y. Lebedev: theoretical and practical results","authors":"V. S. Savchuk, V. Savchuk","doi":"10.15421/112267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112267","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000A set of geological expeditions and routes carried out by M. Y. Lebedev through- out his life was determined for the first time. The specified complex in the context of the set research purpose is analyzed. The purpose of the study is to identify and consider the main geological routes of expeditionary practice of the outstanding geologist M. Y. Lebedev and to generalize practically and theoretically the consequences of their implementation and its organizational activities in the field of geology. The study is based on a combination of theoretical provisions of geological research and the principles of application of the evidence base of historical and natural research. The main geological expeditions, in which M. Y. Lebedev took part, are studied and analyzed, their results are considered and generalized, and the organizational achievements of the scientist are clarified. It was found that the expeditionary practice gave Lebedev the opportunity to accumulate a complex of various geological materials, most of which were innovative. Each of these complexes became the basis for obtaining new theoretical results. The development and application of paleontological methods by M.Y. Lebedev were of particular importance. The method of stratigraphic paleontology developed by him allowed substantiating the new methodology of research of coal deposits of the Donetsk basin. The significance of Lebedev’s activity in the development of Azerbaijani oil production, in particular, the determination of the oil potential the Caspian Seabed near Baku, is pointed out. The cartographic activity of the scientist is described. The influence of M. Y. Lebedev on the formation of the geological service and higher geological education in Ukraine is estimated. The results of the study testified to the diversity of M.Y. Lebedev’s ex- peditionary practice and its role in his formation as a geologist of the European level; its significance in the development of theoretical and practical components of M.Y. Lebedev’s activity was determined, his formation as an organizer of geological research and higher geological education. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82094795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of demographic processes in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan: yesterday, today, tomorrow","authors":"Zokirjon A. Temirov","doi":"10.15421/112269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112269","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000In the world, the living conditions and health of the population have a certain impact on demographic processes. High population growth rates cause demographic problems. As a positive solution to these problems, a number of international organizations, including the United Nations Population Fund, have set the main task of «improving the lifestyle of the population and ensuring sustainable development» (https://www.unfpa.org/world-population-trends). These tasks include studies aimed at identifying and evaluating the features of the development of demographic processes in densely populated areas, the factors influencing them, and developing a forecast. In the world, priority is given to research in this direction, especially to determine the territorial features of population regeneration, improve public health and life expectancy, study the impact of economic and social development of regions on demographic processes. It is also important to determine the unique geodemographic situation due to the influence of natural and economic, socio-geographical and other factors on the population of the regions, factors influencing the development of demographic processes and their territorial characteristics, to improve the scientific basis of regional demographic policy and directions of development, and develop special programs . This article highlights the territorial features of the development of demographic process- es in the regions of the Fergana Valley in 1991-2020, developed forecast parameters up to 2040, and presented important conclusions. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79092576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Methodological scheme of qualimetric assessment of recreational clusters","authors":"O. G. Topchiyiv, V. A. Sych, V. Yavorska, K. Kolomiyets, Ihor V. Hevko, O. B. Murkalov, N. Smochko","doi":"10.15421/112270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/112270","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The article deals with the application of qualimetric methods for assessing recreational and tourist potential on the example of an ecotourism cluster developed for natural and geographical and socio-economic conditions and resources of the Ukrainian Black Sea region. The properties of recreational and tourist potential can have different nature, different definitions, and be qualitative-descriptive, verbal, or quantitative (numerical). In qualimetric developments, properties should be comparable in the form of representation and magnitude of evaluation scales. The aim of the study is to develop a methodology for qualimetric assessment of recreational clusters. The theoretical and methodological basis is the fundamental principles and developments of recreational geography, tourism studies and qualimetry, as well as the author’s own developments. In the process of writing, general geographical methods were used, such as descriptive, comparative geographical, and qualimetric assessment methods. Characteristics and properties presented in verbal form can be shown as structural combinations and compounds of simpler indicators. Factors that form the recreational and tourist potential have different weights (significance), which requires an appropriate assessment. The overall assessment of recreational and tourist potential is a weighted average value of all its components, taking into account their weight. The available absolute natural indicators of conditions and resources of recreational and tourist potential are also transformed into qualimetric estimates. The general methodological scheme for assessing recreational clusters, specified according to the conditions and resources of ecotourism of the Black Sea region is represented by seven stages – from structuring a recreational cluster according to its components and levels of hierarchical organization, calculating indicators of the weight of properties and calculating criteria for prop- erties that form the corresponding quality, calculating qualimetric estimates for all primary units of recreational and tourist potential; a meaningful interpretation of the assessment of the recreational and tourist potential of a recreational cluster based on the criteria of properties and scales of the corresponding features and characteristics, as well as indicators of the weight of properties in the formation of recreational and tourist potential. The developed scheme should be considered as a methodological approach for the practical application of qualimetric assessments of recreational and tourist potential in recreational geography and tourism studies. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":42282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geology Geography and Geoecology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88852847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}