Geography and Natural Resources

ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS EXOGENOUS PROCESSES ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THE KARABAKH AND EASTERN ZANGAZUR ECONOMIC REGIONS (in the case study for “Zafaryolu”)

S.A. Tarikhazer, J.Y. Gasimov, S.A. Mamiyeva

Institute of Geography named after academician H.A. Aliyev, Ministry of Science and Education, Baku, Azerbaijan

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DOI: 10.59423/gnr.2025.48.22.001

Abstract

One of the current ecological problems is the development of a methodology for assessing the risks and damage caused by hazardous exogenous processes on road surfaces and the compilation of ecological risk maps. Based on the geomorphological research materials, as well as references, the geomorphological characteristics of hazardous processes were scrutinized and provided a complete geomorphological description of the area through which the “Zafaryolu” highway passes in the research paper. In order to determine the general background of the fragmentation of the modern relief on which the “Zafaryolu” highway is being built, a 5-point scale was developed and adopted for assessing morphometric stress, which reflects the degree of horizontal and vertical fragmentation of the area, slope inclination, etc. Analysis of various quantitative indicators of the relief and the compiled synthetic map of morphometric stress makes a way to determine the dependence of the intensity and direction of development of hazardous exogenous processes on the scale and nature of the fragmentation of the relief, as well as a high indicator.

Keywords: ecological crisis, danger, destructive exogenous processes, sustainable development, highway, assessment, GIS-technology

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Accepted for publication: June 10, 2025

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S.A. Tarikhazer, J.Y. Gasimov, S.A. Mamiyeva – Assessment of the development of dangerous exogenous processes on the highways of the Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur economic regions (in the case study for “Zafaryolu”). Geography and Natural Resources, №1 (23), 2025, pp. 3-10.