Monitoring of land resources based on the AIS GZK: application of geoinformation technologies

The purpose is to study the application of a geographic information system (GIS) for comprehensive spatial and analytical assessment of land resources with high environmental value, ensuring efficient land use, environmental sustainability, and scientifically grounded territorial management.

Methods — analytical, statistical, and cartographic methods enabling quantitative and qualitative assessment of the land’s nature-conserving value. Using the cartographic and geoinformation method, topographic combinations of thematic layers (soils, relief, structural condition of lands) were analyzed to identify spatial interrelationships of factors.

Results — a landscape analysis of rational management of the land fund was conducted. To study the environmental protection role of land tracts, key criteria were identified: relief and slope of the land plot, environmental condition (erosion, salinization, degradation), configuration of land parcels, and their use. Each parameter was determined on a scale of 0–1 based on the linear normalization method.

Conclusions — practical implementation of GIS technologies will enable monitoring and visualization of the balance of characteristics of agricultural land, identify zones of inefficient and irrational exploitation requiring priority restoration measures. Geo-analytical platforms contribute to increasing the profitability of agricultural enterprises and optimizing their costs. Digital cartographic products are increasingly encountered in the practice of intensively developing farms. These systems are necessary for creating and maintaining cadastres of land and water bodies, property registers, environmental and weather monitoring, emergency management, prevention of production risks, and establishing interrelations among various causes affecting crop yields. The most important advantage of such data, especially satellite imagery, is their low cost for regular surveys of large territories.

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