Assessment Issues of Environmental Risks and Economic Losses of Ukraine's Subsoil as a Result of Russia's Armed Aggression Against Ukraine
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The hostilities cause significant damage to the environment, which includes pollution of soil, surface and underground water, air, disturbance of landscapes, damage to flora and fauna, etc. Ukraine has sustained considerable damage from the russian military aggression since 2014. The purpose of this work is to pose a question regarding the role of monitoring in the assessment of the damage caused directly to the subsoil: damage and destruction of geological objects (deposits, unique stratotype sections, and other geological elements of ecosystem services). Based on the analysis of the created projectile impact map, the deposits that were damaged were determined, which is extremely important in the absence of access to such objects. It has been established that among of total 2,164 mineral deposits in Ukraine (excluding water): – 358 deposits are located in the temporarily occupied territory as of 09/23/2022; – 95 deposits are damaged or were occupied. In total, the 453 deposits (21%). Thus, the application of monitoring based on GIS tools in the assessment of subsoil damage as a result of hostilities allows not only qualitative but also quantitative assessment of the general situation regarding deposits that were/are located in the occupied territories and/or in the war zone.
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7163158181