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RISK ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT IN THE MODEL OF MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING AT THE DISTRICT GOVERNANCE LEVEL

George Gogoberidze

Abstract

For the district governance level, taking into account the medium- and long-term changes in the model of strategic spatial planning of marine activities (marine spatial planning) natural and environmental sustainability factors are one of the most important components, which is necessary to consider. Their importance is due to the fact that the geographical environment, being complex and comprehensive formation, has a strong impact on the development and preservation of ecosystems. At the same time, for the considered governance and spatial level, the consideration of these factors can be reduced to the assessment of environmental risks of anthropogenic impact on the coastal system and coastal infrastructure. All environmental factors can be divided into direct and indirect. Direct impact factors are those that have a direct impact on the environment and do not need to be subdivided into components. Such factors are air emissions, availability and area of protected areas and others. Indirect parameters are those assessment parameters through which it is possible to express the pressure on the environment, not directly showing the state of the environment, but having physical justification for this. For example, these factors are the density of the coastal population, economic costs allocated to environmental protection and others. The indicator approach, which combines different approaches to assessing the stability of coastal systems and coastal infrastructure, is widely recognized in the scientific works and studies of coastal systems. The indicator approach involves the use of various indicator systems to analyze and assess the state of sustainability and trends in coastal systems. The method was tested for the coastal district municipalities of the Murmansk region, resulting in a heterogeneous distribution of anthropogenic load depending on the types of impacts. The reported study was funded by RFBR and Krasnodar Krai Administration according to the research project ? 19-45-230001 r_a.

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