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The chapter presents the results of field research in the central segments of Stara Planina Mountain, the Predbalkan region and the Danube Plain. The study of the geoecological state was based on semi-stationary and field observations made during the summer seasons of three consecutive years. The main objective of the research was to detect and map the contemporary geoecological problems in the area. This objective has been achieved through preliminary study of literature and web-based sources, and has been verified through field studies. Cases of negative impact of human activity—the main cause of the deteriorated geoecological state of the nature-territorial complexes—were detected in some of the preliminary selected “hot spots”, as well as in zones that were supposed to be relatively unspoiled, or zones of insignificant human intervention. Examples of such zones in the studied area are the unregulated clearing in the vicinity of “Pleven” hut, as well as the existing illegal landfill along the river passing by the Keryatsite hamlet of the Boazat village.
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The research was conducted in relation to a doctoral thesis titled: “Geoecological state of the landscapes in North-Central Bulgaria (between the Osam River and the Yantra River)”. The author would like to thank Assist. Prof. Maria Petrova, Ph.D. from the Department of Geography at “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo, for her helpful advice and partnership in the field data collection.
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Prodanova, H. (2020). Empirical Study of the Geoecological State of Selected Landscapes in North-Central Bulgaria. In: Nedkov, S., et al. Smart Geography. Key Challenges in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28191-5_25
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