Assessment of the ecological status of soil cover and design of environmental monitoring in the Ivano-Frankivsk urban community

Due to the increasing technogenic load on the environment, it is necessary to determine the degree of influence of industrial production on the environment. Conducting environmental monitoring of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban amalgamated territorial community will allow for further ecological assessment and forecasting of the environmental status of the studied territory. The aim of the study was to assess the condition of the soil cover of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban community and its surroundings, to determine the relevance of using geographic information systems (GIS) in environmental monitoring. The research used: a statistical method for collecting and analysing databases on the environmental situation with pollution of environmental components; and GIS mapping to identify and display the spread of pollutants using the Kriging interpolation method. A detailed analysis of various methods for monitoring the environmental status has been conducted, including remote and chemical methods. This allowed for identifying the most effective approaches for collecting and processing environmental data. Important aspects of creating an environmental monitoring system for tracking the state of the environment have been considered. Based on the collected data, maps have been created that reflect the distribution of chemical elements in the territory of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban amalgamated territorial community. These maps are an important tool for visualising and analysing the ecological status of soils. A variant of building an environmental monitoring system has been proposed and a project cartographic model has been developed. This will allow for more effective environmental monitoring and planning of measures to improve the ecological status of the area. The use of MapInfo and Surfer software allowed for a detailed analysis of the environment and the creation of a geographic information system for environmental monitoring of the Ivano-Frankivsk urban community. The results of the study have significant practical implications for various fields of environmental management and planning, including for conducting further environmental monitoring, for the spheres of state and local environmental management, public initiatives, and educational programmes