Protected areas in the structure of urban landscapes (by the example of Khabarovsk)

In the town of Khabarovsk there are 5 landscape-ecological (L-E) regions: the Northern, Southern, Pribrezhny, Vostochny and Ostrovnoy. In order to preserve nature areas within the town, in 1997 some specially protected landscape-ecological areas were founded within in the town. Their area is 567.96 hectares now, or 1.5% of the Khabarovsk total area. The Northern region is the most polluted one among the L-E regions network (4.9%). It is proposed to increase the protected areas at the expense of the reserve territories.