НОВЫЙ ПОДХОД К КОМПЛЕКСНОЙ ОЦЕНКЕ РЕЛЬЕФА ДЛЯ ЦЕЛЕЙ ЭФФЕКТИВНОГО ПРИРОДОПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ

A new approach to complex assessment of relief for environmental management based on quantitative index of geomorphological safety is developed. The «geomorphological safety» concept, and its implementation as a special type of natural safety is fully determined and proved. The short review of scientific works in the field of risk assessment of geomorphological hazards, stability and vulnerability is provided. An algorithm for conducting a comprehensive assessment of geomorphological safety based on a balanced consideration of factors and conditions of relief development in a particular territory is presented. The procedure and result of evaluation, also the significance of introducing weight coefficients in order to take into account the specifics of land-use are demonstrated using the example of a large-scale assessment of the geomorphological safety of agriculture and mining at a key site in the south of Moscow region. For plain and mountainous topography, as well as for the bottom of the World ocean, the specificity of the assessment procedure by the developed method is emphasized. An overview of significant criteria that should be taken into account when calculating the geomorphological safety index at different scales is given.