Anthropogenic impact as a source of environmental threats and hazards: tendencies and specifics of manifestation on the border territories of Western Ukraine

Hanna Obykhod and Inna Illiashenko
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Hanna Obykhod: Public Institution "Institute for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine", Kyiv
Inna Illiashenko: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Ukrainian Journal Ekonomist, 2015, issue 10, 16-19

Abstract: The article considers prerequisites of the spread and specifics of manifestation of anthropogenic influence on the environment by four main forms of negative effects. Determined are reasons for high risks of occurrence of anthropogenic hazards and emergencies of man-made character. Analyzed is a disastrous character of the life activity environment of the Ukraine’s population and border western regions by the number of emergencies of man-made character, the death toll and the casualty list as well as material losses during 2000-2014. The role of potentially dangerous facilities in the anthropogenic loading of the border regions is shown and grounded in terms of threats and risks created by them to the environment components. Trends of further cooperation between Ukraine and EU to prevent the spread of environmental threats and hazards on adjacent areas are identified.

Date: 2015
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