Methodological approaches to estimating the conditions of economic-ecological balance in the development of freshwater systems of water basins of Ukraine

Abstract

The territorial economic and ecological systems formed by water objects of a diverse physical and geographical basis – the water basins of Ukraine – have been studied. The methodological approaches to the assessment of the conditions for sustainable and balanced development of economic and ecological systems of Ukrainian water basins have been developed. The impact of environmental protection activities in the water basin on the region's economic and social development has been analyzed. The sources of delays in the reaction of the economic-ecological system to the environmental measures have been assessed. One of the leading factors in ensuring an optimal strategy for sustainable development of the entire complex of elements of a multifactorial economic and ecological system of the water basin is reasonable probability assessment of both the occurrence of risks of different nature and their quantitative impact on the factors of sustainable and balanced development of the territory. The conditions that determine the possibility of risks in the development of a regional water basin system have been investigated taking into account external and internal factors of influence. The analysis of the structural elements of the economic and ecological system of the water basin, as well as their role and importance in ensuring a stable and balanced development of the regional system, has been carried out to achieve the objectives of the research based on the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative analysis and logical generalization. The methodological approach presented in the work is a fairly flexible tool with a free choice of elements of analysis depending on the goals and objects of management.