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In human-induced landscape transformation, soils are the most informative component, as they are open heterogeneous systems that have a desire for self-regulation and self-healing. Each type of soil is characterized by its own structure, as the shape, size and quality of structural separations in different soils can be different. Soil is considered well structured if it contains more than 55% of aggregates between 10 and 0.25 mm in size. Black earths are characterized by the content of these fractions in the range...

In the case of anthropogenic transformation of landscapes, the most sensitive component is the soil, which ensures the stability and biodiversity of the ecosystem. The greater the degree of landscape anthropogenesis, the greater the changes in soil factors: mechanical composition, humus content, physical, biotic and chemical properties. The main negative effect of urbanized and industrial areas is technogenic soil salinization. The presence of salts in the soil has an important effect on the mobility of many subst...

The increasing anthropogenic load has a large impact on the ecological state of the steppe landscape. In particular, the emissions from the automobile transport: heavy metals, oil products and complex organic substances inevitably pollute the territories along the roads. The presence of forest belts in the roadside landscape reduces the negative impact of the traffic flow. The assessment of the consequences of the anthropogenic impact presupposes studying the changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ...