Depressed areas are naturally degraded sections of urbanized territories. Their existence is always a cause of deterioration in social, economic and environmental conditions. Renovation of depressed areas is an activity that ensures the restoration of favorable conditions in the areas they occupy. Renovation is necessary to ensure the safety of the population and normal living conditions. There are several types of depressed areas that differ in their scale. Depressed objects are individual abandoned buildings and territories around them. Depressed urban districts include parts of the territory of cities with low or naturally declining quality of life, which is characterized by destroying buildings and structures, as well as undeveloped and unsettled sections. Depressed industrial zones are vast territories surrounding complexes of abandoned industrial enterprises. A separate type of depressed areas are ghost towns. They are considered urban-type localities with collapsing buildings and degraded infrastructure, abandoned by residents or a significant part of them. A characteristic feature of all types of depressed areas is their uncontrolled colonization by various organisms. For this reason, depressed areas can be considered as unmanageable natural and technical systems. Transpersonal socionics is an interdisciplinary science, the subject of which is the study of the interaction of various organizational structures and social groups consisting of individuals united by common interests. Such aggregate elements of society can be divided into several categories that differ in the nature of their involvement in the renovation process. They are designated as economic, territorial, technological, administrative, political, and social stakeholders. For each of the categories, the nature of risks caused by the existence of depressed areas is described. Special attention is paid to the problems of environmental risks of various categories of stakeholders. Based on the use of the principles of transpersonal socionics, a method is proposed that allows providing a systematic unified approach to the development of programs for the renovation of depressed areas on the basis of the consideration of all parties involved in this problem (stakeholders).

The Erdenet mining and processing facility (Mongolia) develops a large copper-molybdenum deposit. The volume of waste in the tailings dump of the enterprise reaches 600 m. m3 and its area is more than 1300 hectares. Quarries and tailings pits release significant amounts of persistent pollutants into the environment. They penetrate groundwater and surface water and also spread as dust. The results of comprehensive geochemical and geoecological studies indicate the irreversible anthropogenic transformation of the area. In 25 years, the operation of the Erdenet deposit will be terminated. Mongolian government decided to develop a “Concept of the program for closure of the enterprise, and further development of the area”. Based on the results of this research, it is proposed to identify several areas and develop special renovation projects for each of them. An enterprise for the production of construction materials can be created on the tailing’s dumpsite. Companies extracting residual amounts of valuable elements from waste can be profitable. The network of transport communications of the deposit can ensure the operation of facilities in areas of mining landscapes and technogenic geochemical anomalies. After planning the terrain and covering the surface with insulating materials on these sites, a technology park can be organized. Implementing these projects as part of a single program will provide jobs for the Erdenet residents, and the budget revenues generated by their operation will allow for the renovation of the urban area.

Introduction. Mining is one of the mainstays of economic development in Mongolia today. Renovation of mining areas because of its specific features can be regarded as a separate direction of urban development. The aim of the study is to research the geoecological conditions in Nalaikh region to support the implementation of the government renovation programme. The programme will include the construction of 50 building material factories, 10 glass factories as well as sheep wool processing plants. Materials and methods. The work is based on the results of comprehensive studies carried out in 2019–2021. They included assessment of the nature, extent of anthropogenic transformation of the earth’s surface and determination of the level of contamination of the main components of the environment capable of accumulating significant amounts of toxic substances (soils and groundwater). Results. The level of anthropogenic transformation and degree of pollution of the earth’s surface with heavy metals has been estimated on the territory of more than 50 thousand hectares. The content of heavy metals in groundwater has been determined. Zoning of the territory was carried out in accordance with the character of transformation of its geoecological conditions. Anthropogenic geochemical anomalies resulting from pollutant migration from coal mine dumps have been identified. Conclusions. For the successful implementation of the renovation programme, it is necessary to implement a set of measures to improve geoecological conditions, including the elimination of private mine workings and anthropogenic geochemical anomalies formed as a result of the accumulation of pollutants in some parts of the studied region. The use of contaminated groundwater, including from wells already drilled, should be prohibited during the construction of the technology park facilities and during their subsequent operation.