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The aim of the study is to look for ways for applying the principles of sustainable development in spatial planning through approaches that reflect modern trends in the field of ecosystem research, environmental protection and provide an optimal living environment. For this purpose, the regulatory documents for spatial planning in Bulgaria were analyzed, as well as the possibilities for applying within their framework approaches for objective assessment of the ecosystem-s state and their capacity to provide ecosys...

Disturbed areas show in a most emphatic way the adverse impacts of man's production activity and damage to nature. At the same time, the conflict between economic and environmental considerations is unavoidable. The disturbed area in Bulgaria by 2017 is 104 960 ha. While some of the disturbances in a part of it (abandoned industrial sites and areas) are mostly passive (mainly related to land use change as a consequence of soil sealing), those related to energy and mining/coal mining that are still under operation ...