THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LAND MONITORING FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

The article explores the issues related to the content of land monitoring for different categories, and reveals that current regulatory documents are focused on providing methodological support for monitoring agricultural lands. The overwhelming majority of scientific works are also aimed at investigating the issues of agricultural land monitoring. In addition to the types of land monitoring for various categories, Ukraine also has thematic types of monitoring for natural structural elements of ecosystems and objects (thematic "object-based" monitoring), which can be located within different land categories. Urban planning monitoring ensures the observation of objects (construction objects) reflected in urban planning documentation, which may be located on land plots belonging to all land categories. Based on the analysis of publications, the author has summarized the content, goals, and main tasks of land monitoring for each category. As a result of the research, a methodological foundation for land monitoring has been developed, with its key components including the concept of sustainable development, a land monitoring system, thematic "object-based" monitoring with its management bodies, scientific approaches and principles for monitoring activities, and a conceptual model for land monitoring. The study also highlights the need for further development of a detailed conceptual model for land monitoring for each of the nine categories.