Geoenergetic Balance of Geo- and Urban Systems of Pridnestrovien

Abstract

Without assessing the energy costs of urban systems and comparing the energy capabilities of geosystems, it is impossible to come to the realization of the principles of rational nature management. The energy balance of the territory is not fully fulfilled. The geoenergetic approach makes it possible to form a unified energy balance of various energy-consuming systems. The authors hypothesize that there is a critical geoecological imbalance between the energy consumption of urban systems and the capabilities of forest geosystems. Using a methodology based on the geoenergetic approach, the authors determine the geoenergetic needs of a person in the urban system of Pridnestrovie With the help of a unique author's system of quantitative geoenergetic assessment for a number of consumption positions in single units of energy joules, the geoenergetic balance of a resident of the urban system is calculated. The assessment of the share of environmentally hazardous, exhaustible energy sources in the calculated geoenergy balance of a person in modern urban conditions is given. Based on the data obtained, on the example of the territory of Pridnestrovie, the geo-energy balance of the territory is determined, the correlation of the potential of natural systems and the needs of urban systems is assessed, the degree of geo-energy imbalance is determined. Practical testing of the developed methodology for assessing geo-energy needs and potential allows us to conclude that there is an urgent need to implement geo-energy optimization of natural and anthropogenic landscapes in order to change the current crisis situation, expressed in a difference of up to 600 times between the indicators of consumption and potentials of forest geosystems of the region and adjacent territories.