THE ROLE OF GEOECOLOGICAL RESEARCHES OF OFFSHORE SALT LAKES IN THE CONCEPTION OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH- RESORT TERRITORIES OF THE WESTERN CRIMEA

Khokhlov V.A.

Saki Hydrogeological Regime-Operating Station of the «Ukrprofzdravnitsa» Closed Joint-Stock Company, Saki, the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea, Ukraine

(+3806563 24231; hohlov2005@ukr.net)

At present many administrative and territorial units of the state of the Ukraine proceed to development of their own conceptions of the strategic progress of their region.

However, the analysis of practice of such long-term planning of regional gromadas showed that often a formal, speculative component prevails in the developing perspective directions of progress.

In particular, the directions of steady and efficient development of a resort area are not always provided with proper natural medicinal resources and favourable ecological conditions owing to long-term technogenous influence on the elements of local biogeosphere.

An important component of the complex scientifically grounded approach to strategy of development of coastal resort-recreational territories of the Crimean peninsula is an estimation of resource potential of numerous coastal salty reservoirs with determination of balneological prospect of their use in medical and health-improving practice.

As an example of such complex approach it is possible to give (produce) results of geoecological researches of Yevpatoria salty lakes group carried out by Saki Hydrogeological Regime-Operating Station of the «Ukrprofzdravnitsa» Closed Joint-Stock Company on the coast of Kalamitsky Bay of the Black Sea in western part of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea.

In summer and autumn of 2008 seven reservoirs — lakes Oyburgskoye, Adji-baychi, Airchi, Galgas, Krugloye, Kontrat and Terekli — have been expeditionary investigated and samples of lake silt and brine were taken for the subsequent laboratory researches.

The ecological inspection of the territories included an estimation of the existing technogenous-and-recreational load on the coastal ecosystem by making an inventory of the objects of resort-recreational purpose (assignment) and settlements at a distance of 2 kilometers from a cut of the Black Sea.

The special attention was given to the areas of sea sandy and sandy-and-pebbly embankments, separating sea water areas from salty lakes being the area of waters filtration and transit, forming water-salt conditions of such lakes.

The complex of chemical and biological researches of containing silt sediments, of integument and subsoil waters according to the criteria of an estimation of hydro mineral medicinal resources for their conformity with balneological standards and sanitary norms was carried out in the Central Test Laboratory of Saki HGROS.

The results of geoecological researches of hydro mineral resources of salty lakes and beach territories have served as a substantiation for the recommendations for their use for the purposes of brine therapy, talassotherapy, sea balneotherapy and heliotherapy on a part of the Kalamitsky Bay coast, with extent of about 26 kilometers in the borders of Saki and Yevpatoria resort district.

The received data became the basis of an information database at creation of innovational-investment model of strategic steady development of a regional administrative and territorial unit — Saki district of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea, and also they have served as geoecological substantiation for creation of resort territories of local significance.

The geoecological researches of the natural medicinal factors are necessary elements when developing the strategy of regional development of resort territories.

Резюме. Геоэкологические исследования природных лечебных факторов являются необходимым элементом при разработке стратегии регионального развития курортных территорий.