RESEARCH OF THE CHANGE DYNAMICS OF THE AREA OF KIEV GROUP OF ISLANDS OF THE DNIEPER
The study is based on the reconstruction of the historic appearance of the Kiev group of islands of the Dnieper on the basis of the use of archival and modern aerospace materials. The purpose of the study is the justification for the introduction of the protection regime for the Kiev group of islands of the Dnieper that are under greater human impact. To preserve landscapes the Velykyy Pivnichnyy Island, an ecological pathway is proposed and the landscape map scheme of the Velykyy Pivnichnyy Island is developed on the basis of the application of geoinformation technologies (GIS) and Earth Remote Sensing (RS) techniques. Mapping the historical reconstruction of the old Dnipro’s riverbed allowed displaying the historical look of the Dnipro River to the formation of a reservoir. During the study, the significant changes in the area of the Kiev archipelago’s islands in the period from 1942 to 2017 were installed. Determined that the islands began to decrease as a result of anthropogenic changes (alluvial sand), which negatively affected the state of their biotopes. The work is devoted to the analysis of area changes in the Kiev group of islands of the Dnieper (16 largest islands) and environs for 75 years and to the detailed study of the landscape structure of the Velykyy Pivnichnyy Island and its island – the satellite Ptashynyy that emerged recently and continues to intensively form. A detailed cartographic scheme for the landscapes of the Velykyy Pivnichnyy Island is created and a new ecological pathway is developed.