Application of the geographic information system technologies in the geosystem planning process

The necessity to preserve and restore the natural environment, to ensure the ecological security of geographical formations are the priority conditions for implementation of the dominant social paradigm – development in harmony with nature. The unit of management, planning and design of environmentally safe geographic formations is the river basin. During the process of planning and designing of the environmentally safe basin geosystems, it is necessary to take into account the criteria for the optimal relationship between geosystems, the formation of the mosaic structure of the day surface, and the restoration of biotic and landscape diversity. The application of GIS-technologies enables performing faster and more efficiently: 1) analysis of the structure of the basin and the conditions of its operation; 2) the design of optimal ratios of the geosystems within the basin; 3) the design of a crop rotation system; 4) the design of the necessary ameliorative element s, a network of roads and other infrastructure components, and etc.