V.B. SOCHAVA’S REPORT "GEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY" AT THE V CONGRESS OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE USSR
V.A. SNYTKO
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033, Irkutsk, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, 1, Russia
Keywords: geographical sciences, environmental problems, Academician V.B. Sochava, concept of the geosystem, technological progress, human ecology
Abstract
The V Congress of the Geographical Society of the USSR (Leningrad, 1970) went down in the history of geographical science as one of the most productive. The scientific reports heard at the Congress summarizing the results research done in previous and outlining the prospects for the development of Russian geography are considered. Special attention was paid to geoecological topics. This article tracks the history of the inclusion of V.B. Sochava’s report “Geography and Ecology” in the program of the Congress, the discussion of the report during the Congress and subsequent publications. The report contributed to the development of V.B. Sochava’s theory of geosystems as a stage in the development of complex physical geography and became a milestone in the interaction of systems of geographical and environmental sciences.
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