Ecological mapping of territory: methodological approach
The article is devoted to the urgent topic of working out regional ecological atlases as informative and analytical instrument of making prediction and managerial decisions in nature conservation and social and economic spheres. The examples of regional ecological atlases and their typology are given, the methods of making atlases are considered and their applied importance is estimated. The problem is posed to work out in Russian Federation the system of ecological atlases on macro, mesa-, and micro levels. The expediency of working out regional atlases on natural environment - the indicators of ecological, social and economic state of the region is proved, the author suggests such environment for Middle Volga conditions (Samara Region). Organizational and methodological approaches to working out such ecological atlases are suggested.