Socio-economic aspects of environmental and natural-technogenic treats from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine: ways of risk minimization

Issue: №9/1, 2019

Introduction. In the modern world, the importance of security issues has grown tremendously. At the same time, environmental and natural-technogenic threats are especially acute. Studying the security problems in Ukraine today, it is impossible not to take into account the presence of temporarily occupied territories in the Crimea and the Donbas, which poses numerous threats. Among these threats, environmental and technogenic remain almost unexplored, even though they may be more dangerous than military threats. Purpose. Based on the foregoing, the purpose of the study is a socio-economic analysis of environmental and technogenic threats emanating from the temporarily occupied territories of our state, as well as justification of possible ways to neutralize these threats. Considering, without taking into account socio-economic aspects it is impossible to prevent the negative consequences of these threats. Results. The temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are zones of concentration of industrial enterprises, the consequences of functioning of which are harmful to the environment. As a result, in these territories long before their occupation zones of ecological disadvantage were formed, and in some cases - zones of environmental disaster. The conditions of the occupation further intensified the natural-technogenic threats. Among these threats, the most serious are those that pose risks not only for the occupied territories, but also for the regions adjacent to them. However, technogenic and environmental hazards from temporarily occupied territories are virtually impossible to control today. In this regard, two directions of activity to minimize these threats are proposed: international pressure on the state that actually controls these territories and the impact on their local population. 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Keywords : safety, socio-economic situation, environmental and technogenic threats, temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine

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