Open AccessSozology – integral environmental science. Tasks of landscape sozology
Author(s) -
Stoykov Stojko
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vìsnik lʹvìvsʹkogo unìversitetu. serìâ geografìčna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2415-7201
pISSN - 2078-6441
DOI - 10.30970/gg.2009.37.2325
Subject(s) - biosphere , hydrosphere , atmosphere (unit) , ecology , function (biology) , functional ecology , geography , ecosystem , environmental resource management , earth science , environmental science , geology , biology , evolutionary biology , meteorology
Various types of technogenic influence towards subsystems of biosphere – hydrosphere, pedosphere, atmosphere, biotosphere, sociosphere – and their ecological consequences are presented. Stages of development of environmental mentality of mankind are elucidated. Backgrounds of “geosozology” – environmental science of biosphere – are characterized. Human sozology, phytosozology, zoosozology, pedosozology, landscapesozology, and other environmental scientific branches of geosozology are defined. The conceptual principles of landscape sozology and Green book of rare landscapes of Ukraine are presented. Landscape systems of special function have been included in the Green book. Key words: biosphere, geosozology, planet ecosystem, landscape sozology.