TO THE ISSUE OF ORGANIZATION THE OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR THE CITIZEN OF BIG CITIES IN THE MIDDLE DNIEPER REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF KYIV CITY)

Abstract

The article contains the researched features of organization outdoor recreation for citizen of big cities in the Middle Dnieper region (on example of Kyiv city). The territory of this region in all periods of history was attractive to the life of various tribes and peoples, and directly nowadays Middle Dnieper region is a place of development and growth of urban agglomerations. This research bases on conducting an online survey among 1117 respondents in Kyiv and on analysis of the collected data. Questions of online survey are focused on researching recreational needs of residents of large cities (on example of Kyiv city) with a focus on shortterm outdoor recreation. At the end of the article there is a proposed list of the main problems and recommendations for optimization of development water tourism in the Dnieper river basin. Attention is paid to the concepts “meadow park”, “hydropark”, “forest park” as the basis for the organization of comfortable places outdoor recreation for residents of big city in general and especially for families with children. There is presented interpretation of the concept “aquatic recreational landscape” from the standpoint of constructive-geographical principles of organization outdoor recreation.