ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TRANSITION TO A “GREEN” ECONOMY

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the article is the identification of the most important local environmental development problems and directions for overcoming adverse and threatening environmental phenomena within the boundaries of the Khorostkiv city territorial community based on the results of an environmental audit of its territory. Methodology of research. The research uses the following methods: monographic – for studying literary sources; statistical – for the purpose of collecting and processing statistical data; methods of system analysis – to determine the place of the community in the regional system “nature-economy-population” and processing of the received information regarding the factors and consequences of negative effects on the environment; generalization – to form the conclusions of the conducted research. Findings. An ecological audit of the territory of the community was carried out; a survey of residents of the Khorostkiv city community was carried out to obtain information about the range of problems of the development of the territory, related to the environment. They were systematized according to the main directions. The evaluation of the ecological aspects of the development of the Khorostkiv city community was determined. The main ecological risks of the social and economic development of the community are identified and the ways of ecological modernization of the region are planned. Originality. On the basis of the obtained results, targeted recommendations are proposed for overcoming ecological problems in the community (including the formation of the ecological framework of the territory, adaptation of the European experience of avoiding agro-monoculture, development of the water management development program of the Khorostkiv community, conducting an environmental audit of the community territory). Practical value. The set of identified environmental problems is used in the preparation of the “Environmental Protection Program of the Khorostkiv City Territorial Community”. Key words: ecological modernization, social and economic development, environmental problems, optimization, territorial development, Khorostkiv.