Висвітлено наукову діяльність відділу суспільно-географічних досліджень в Інституті географії НАН України від 1964 р. дотепер -формування відділу, напрями досліджень, наукові здобутки. Тематика наукових досліджень: розроблення теорії просторової організації суспільства; структурний аналіз і типізація виробничо-територіальних комплексів та систем розселення; закономірності взаємодії природи й суспільства. Конкретні дослідженнясуспільно-географічні засади регіонального розвитку України; територіальна структура господарства і розселення населення, агропромислові комплекси; життєдіяльність населення; міста як центри соціально-економічної активності й полюси зростання, формування метрополісних регіонів. Зі здобуттям незалежності України скориговано напрями досліджень з урахуванням нових суспільно-політичних та економічних реалій. Показано важливу роль академіка М.М. Паламарчука, засновника відділу, у розвитку суспільної географії. Наголошується на зростанні ролі суспільної географії у розв'язанні сучасних проблем за умов збалансованого економічного, соціального, екологічного розвитку України.Ключові слова: суспільна географія; суспільно-географічні дослідження; просторова організація суспільства; територіальна структура виробництва і розселення населення.

The purpose of the study is to assess the uneven development of commercial suburbanization of Kyiv. The paper sets two research objectives - to develop a methodology for estimating the scale of commercial suburbanization in the absence / unavailability of official statistics and to analyze the dynamics of the spread of commercial suburbanization around Kyiv, as well as changes in the levels of its concentration and diversification. This paper attempts to assess the extent of commercial suburbanization, and analyzes the changes in concentration and diversification of retail and service chains around Kyiv. In contrast to the classic (stage) model of urbanization, since the 1990s, several aspects (stages) of urbanization have been observed in the post-Soviet space – both intensive suburbanization (especially around metropolitan centres and major cities) and gentrification of the inner cities. Here, a specific situation is formed, characterized by the selective development of some suburban settlements, varying degrees of manifestation and mutual influence of residential and commercial functions. Commercial suburbanization is one of the most pronounced processes that change suburban area and the entire Kyiv metropolitan region. Given the lack and unreliability of the official statistics on commercial suburbanization development, it is appropriate to study spatial diffusion of retail and service chains. The analysis of concentration and diversification dynamics of 50 network services in Kyiv metropolitan region by settlements in 2014-2019 are carried out in this paper. The novelty of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the scale of commercial suburbanization in the absence / unavailability of official statistics and identify features of the spread of commercial suburbanization in the metropolitan region of Kyiv. The study confirmed the heterogeneity and polycentricity of the commercial suburbanization development in Kyiv metropolitan region. Analysis of the dynamics of commercial suburbanization has revealed a number of trends.

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Study of the history of nature in the past are in the main directions of modern world scientific trends. In the sector of paleogeography of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine traditionally develop fundamental and applied aspects related to the study of late Cenozoic sediments. The subject of the works is related to the research of the history and stages of development of nature and its components on the territory of Ukraine in the Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene, as well as the reproduction of natural living conditions of ancient man. The publication focuses on the main directions and scientific results, achieved by the scientists of the Sector Paleogeography of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in recent years. In particular, the issue of the impact of global Pleistocene events on the state and evolution of the main components of nature of the territory of Ukraine has been studied; paleogeographic preconditions that contributed to the formation of certain types of sedimentary Cenozoic minerals in Ukraine are outlined; the main natural factors of the paleogeographic environment that influenced changes in human living conditions in Ukraine in the Pleistocene and Holocene are considered; changes in Pleistocene and Holocene soils in key areas of modern Ukraine have been reconstructed. Promising areas of investigation have been identified and an assessment of the possible applied use of the results of paleogeographic research has been made. Thus, the results of paleogeographic research, as well as professional services of paleogeographers can be used: to assess current climate change based on paleogeographic data; for geological additional research and rational use of the subsoil of Ukraine; to develop popular scientific and educational information on the paleogeographical features of the development of nature reserves and geological sites with tourist and recreational potential; to assess the current state and dynamics of spatio-temporal changes in environmental conditions based on paleogeographic analysis of the content of various substances in soils; during geoarchaeological, paleontological, soil research, etc.

This study is aimed to develop a methodology for assessing the polycentricity of socio-economic development and diversification of the metropolitan region functions and identification of developed and prospective centers. The article evaluates the demographic-residential, industrial-logistics and innovation, service, administrative and management, and budget functions of the Kyiv metropolitan region. The study confirmed that the region is characterized by considerable spatial disparities in socioeconomic development. This is related to remarkable polycentricity and essential differences in the intensity and diversification of the main functions’ performance. Typification of the territorial units of the Kyiv metropolitan region by the level of socio-economic development and features of the diversification of the functions was carried out. Solving the problem is based on the development of a balanced and effective spatial organization of the Kyiv metropolitan region and the amplification of a hierarchical system of centers (poles) of development in the suburbs. The latter will perform a number of functions of the metropolis and balance the development of the entire metropolitan region driven by the wide range of suburbanization processes. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the identification of developed and prospective centers of the Kyiv metropolitan region, which is an important basis for developing a strategy for the post-war reconstruction of the territory. It contributes to the contemporary discourse by the development of a research methodology of a quantitative assessment of polycentricity in order to identify the developed and prospective centers of the metropolitan region.