THE CONCEPT OF GASTRONOMIC LANDSCAPE IN MODERN GEOGRAPHY

The relevance of the study is due to the theoretical justification of the concept of "gastronomic landscape". The anthropogenic environment is the changes that humanity has made to the landscape: farms, fields, houses, villages, cities and infrastructure associated with the production, processing of local terroirs and specialties, and the food culture of ethnic groups, which becomes part of the broader concept of "gastronomic landscape". This is the area where the most direct human influence on the gastronomic landscape can be traced, although this influence is also shaped by the natural environment in one way or another. At the time when most Ukrainian, in particular regional (Polissia) agricultural facilities, farms, towns, villages and cities emerged, there was no technology to simply place human habitation anywhere, without taking into account the natural environment. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the concept of "gastronomic landscape". The research methods included a set of complementary general scientific and specific scientific methods of scientific knowledge, including general scientific methods: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, analogy, modelling, literary, typification, etc. A number of specific scientific methods of scientific cognition were used: methods of causal and historical analysis, methods of comparative analysis, methods of statistical research (yearbooks of UN specialised organisations, especially UNESCO); field geographical exploration to determine the attractiveness of natural resources, cultural heritage. The results obtained are that the concept of "gastronomic landscape" was initiated and formulated to enrich the modern scientific arsenal of constructive geography; mapping schemes were created: gastronomic landscapes of the region, natural resource potential of the gastronomic landscape of the Ukrainian Right-Bank Polissia, ethnic composition of the population of territorial communities and cultural and gastronomic heritage of the Right-Bank Polissia of Ukraine, which makes it possible to obtain a comprehensive integrated assessment of the territory. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the formation and substantiation of the concept of "gastronomic landscapes". The practical significance of the study is that theoretical developments and practical conclusions implement the concept of "gastronomic landscapes" in the theory of constructive geography through a regional narrative.