Optimization of the use of natural landscapes in the northeastern part of the Lesser Caucasus

The purpose of this article is to study the issues of optimization of the use of natural landscapes of the north-eastern part of the Lesser Caucasus. It is noted that at present, sustainable development, efficient use, protection and assessment of natural landscapes are among the most important problems of landscape science and, at the same time, physical geography. It is indicated that a number of aspects of these problems are also observed in Azerbaijan. Since research on this issue is being conducted by a number of Azerbaijani ecologists, biologists, soil scientists and geographers, however, the study of a number of ecogeographical problems is still at an insufficient level. The methodology and methods of the study include cartographic methods, field research methods, methods of geographical forecasting, mathematical and statistical methods. Scientific works on the topic, maps, Internet resources, statistical indicators were used. The main novelty of the article is that it studies anthropogenic processes occurring in the natural landscape of the selected geographical unit and the issue of its optimization based on the latest data, which will allow further use of new scientific information and analyses in the field of studying landscape changes occurring on the north-eastern slopes of the Lesser Caucasus. Result of the study. Summing up, it is noted that the nature of quantitative and qualitative changes in the studied natural complexes should be determined in advance in the process of nature management. If the trends in the development and dynamics of natural complexes, their resistance to anthropogenic impacts, etc. are not sufficiently studied, this leads to disruption of the landscape-ecological balance and normal functioning of the geosystem. That is why, in order to determine the development trends of modern landscapes, it is necessary to forecast and optimize a number of parameters of various landscape complexes of the studied territory. Given the great recreational and tourist potential of the studied territory, it is important to carry out thorough melioration measures and use environmentally friendly industrial technologies in this group of anthropogenic landscapes.