Geoecological problems of civil engineering in the riverside zone (case study of the Volga riverside zone)

Abstract

In the context of widespread urbanization an increase in the area of built-up areas is taking place. At the same time land plots previously occupied by industrial enterprises, forest and agricultural land, etc. are used for construction. Development of new territories can lead to the activation of exogenous geological processes and the increase of environmental problems associated with geological hazards (karst, erosion, landslides, subsidence, waterlogging and flooding of land, etc.). The aim of the article is to study the influence of civil construction on the geoecological condition of the territory by the example of the bank zone of the Volga river within the city of Samara.