SYSTEM OF INDICATORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON EARTH REMOTE SENSING IN LANDSCAPE PLANNING

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Study of the Earth from Space
1Yelistratova, LO, 1Apostolov, OA, KHYZHNIAK, АV, TOMCHENKO, ОV, CHEKHNIY, VМ, HODOROVSKYI, AY, ZAKHARCHUK, YV
1State institution «Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine
Space Sci. & Technol. 2026, 32 ;(2):065-080
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2026.02.065
Publication Language: English
Abstract: 
Th e article substantiates a methodological approach for developing a system of environmental indicators based on remote sensing
data for use in landscape planning and environmental monitoring. It is shown that modern satellite missions and the global
infrastructure for Earth observation data processing provide spatially consistent, quantitative, and regular information on the state
and dynamics of key components of the natural environment. All of this is critically important for the inventory, assessment, and
forecasting stages of landscape planning.
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