Universal Approach to Territory Assessment

Abstract

Assessment of the quality of individual parts of the earth's surface (territories) always causes a certain scientific and practical interest and is the basis of people's daily life. Therefore, the study of processes and the development of methods for assessing the quality of territories always remain an important problem, especially when the process of functional zoning of the territory of Ukraine begins.The task of the research is to develop a universal algorithm for the assessment of territories based on the determination of its quality index and the possibility of using it to establish the value of territories in monetary terms, which will allow state authorities and local governments to effectively develop projects of functional zoning of territories. In world practice, three main methodical approaches are used to determine the value index of territories. All methodical approaches are based on threecomponents: socio-economic, natural and ecological quality, sustainability of agricultural landscapes.The research methodology is based on the methods of mathematical statistics and a systematic analytical approach to the selection of indicators of influence on the territory value index. The purpose of this publication is to develop a methodical approach capable of unifying the procedure for evaluating territories with different functional purposes.In this publication, a fundamentally new approach to the evaluation of territories in Ukraine is proposed, which is based on the territory quality index indicator. At the same time, with the established value of territories in monetary terms, thismethodical approach expands the capabilities of local self-government authority, as they set the price of a unit of area of the corresponding territory by their decision.The proposed methodological approach is universal, which allows its using for territories of various functional purposes, including different categories of land, which greatly simplifies the assessment procedure.