Section

Geoecology

Title

PROFESSOR A. A. RAFIKOV'S GEOECOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL

Сontributors

M. T. Mirakmalov, PhD (Geography), Associate Professor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

Sh. М. Sharipov, PhD (Geography), Associate Professor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

N. T. Shamuratova, PhD (Geography), Associate Professor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent city

Abstract

In the article, the history of the formation of professor A. A. Rafikov's geo-environmental science school and the essence of the research carried out under the guidance of this talented scholar and mentor are given.

It is known, that the concept of “a scientific school” has different definitions. The article gives the opinion of Professor R U. Rahimbekov, who was directly engaged in studying the formation, characteristics, nature and content of scientific schools. It is noted, that in the Department of Physical Geography, which is one of the oldest at the Geological and Geographical faculty of the NUUz, a number of scientific schools were formed in the long process of research. One of them is the geo-ecological scientific school, which is based on ecological and geographical works by Kashkarov—Korovin.

The article also analyzes some of the scientific works of the founders of the school, the work performed under the supervision of A. A. Rafikov. In these papers there are valid indicators of quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the ecological state of the landscape of Uzbekistan, the methods of geo-ecological forecast and geo-environmental mapping have been developed, the regional and local ecological and geographical patterns have been identified. The data given in this article certify the existence of a peculiar scientific school of Environmental Geo-science in the developed geographic community of Uzbekistan.

Keywords

geoecology, scientific school, regional geoecology, landscape ecology, ecosystem, geographical and ecological direction, the environmental situation, geoecological indicators basin approach, use of natural resources, protected areas, optimization of the geoecological situation.

References

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