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ЧОВЕКЪТ ПРИ ПРОМЕНЯЩИТЕ СЕ УСЛОВИЯ НА ЖИВОТ В СЪВРЕМЕННИЯ СВЯТ
Man under changing conditions of life in the modern world

Author(s): Vladimir Vlaskov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Applied Geography, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: anthropogenic pressure; megapolices; urbanization; technogenic processes;

Summary/Abstract: The modern conditions of life of man on our planet are defined by the big differences between the so called "civilized" and the strongly underdeveloped regions.While in Amazonia, some parts of Africa, in the individual mountain-high and northern territories the way of life of the population has preserved itself almost unchanged, in strongly industrialized regions they start to more and more drastically differ from the natural ones. The impetuous technological development of the bigger part of the human society is based on more and more active use of resources of the planet and in certain areas-megapolises, aglomerations, communicational infrastructure, large scale до hydro-equipments and mining areas leads to consistent, and at more and more places irreversible transformation of unaffected natural environment into anthropogenic.The expansion of technogenic-urbanizational areals is reaching a stage, during which it is defined by scientists as changing natural conditions not only in local, but in global scale. Urbanisationally-technogenic transformations of human residence sharply change its vital environment and apply its rule and way of life uninherent of the experience, traditions and customs of the previous generations. One of the modern directions of geographic research today are connected with research on geomorphological conditions and their changes with the goal of stable development of urbanised areas.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 77-85
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian
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