Throughout the course of history (especially since the late 1900s) the development of Tbilisi as the capital city, demanded a high level of urbanization. This ever-increasing demand was met with the erection of new dwellings, social hubs (e.g. parks) and infrastructural projects. Riverbeds were diverted in order to clear way for new transportation roots, hillsides and slopes made into large terraces for construction of tall buildings, roads and junctions were also put in place as well as new sufficient railroad tracks going around the city rather than directly through it. To supply the city with fresh water new vast reservoirs were built. Such anthropogenic activity is still evident in Tbilisi. Towns represent complex artificial engineering structures of social-economic nature. The interaction between towns and their surrounding shares a perpetually evolving character. The urbanization and utilization of vast territories for energy resources gives an impetus to an environmental shift of a global scale. Urbanized localities are, therefore, the highest forms of human habitation. Urbanization as a notion is considered to be a factor in the improvement social advancement. However, there are certain contradictions as some forms of such advancement may in fact bring more harm than benefit to the society. The rapid rise in the population of an urbanized locality ultimately results in the formation of incontrollable, problematic, and often illegal slums and shantytowns. A wide-ranging, complex study of the surrounding environments of the town, however, is an essential component to regulating such processes. Such studies can act as a foundation for effective geo-ecological development and for planning priorities and strategies of further work. Hazardous exo-dynamic processes (Landslides, debrisflow/mudflows, avalanches, riverbed erosions etc) as well as a the rapid growth of the human population has placed Tbilisi into the category of highly dangerous territories, as any natural catastrophe that may occur within the limits of the city will result in excessive economic and humanitarian losses. The study of geo-ecological and landscape transformation of Tbilisi is, thus, of both academic and practical use.
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Lela Gadrani, George Gaprindashvili. (2017). Modern Geo-ecological Conditions and Terrain Transformation of Tbilisi (Georgia). Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, 2(1), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.larp.20170201.15
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