Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND MECHANISMS OF EDUCATION OF TECH-NOGEN FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING DEPOSITS I.E. Kim The subsoil, as part of the natural environment, has ecological functions, which are expressed in the participation of subsoil in the circulation of matter and energy, which have consequences for nature and society. These functions determine the ecological potential of the subsoil, which can be defined as the degree of their ability to infl uence the state of the environment. The development of subsurface resources is directed mainly to the use of one side of the resource ecological function of the lithosphere – the purposeful extraction of mineral resources necessary for the life and activity of the human community. Resources of geological space, geodynamic, geochemical and geophysical functions are usually transformed, as a rule, with negative consequences for all living things. The process of underground development of ore deposits (geotechnology), structured according to the stages of development, production and technological processes, generates a system of technogenic factors. These factors infl uence the elements of the natural environment, which in turn is structured in the form of major geospheres, and change the state of these geospheres, which leads, in the final analysis, to anthropogenic disturbance of natural ecosystems. Current trends in the prospective development of mining technologies with a view to further improving the economic effi ciency of the extraction of solid minerals are based, most often, on the use of technological processes and mining equipment, which increase the overall gas load on the atmosphere. Key words: Vein deposits; geophysical ecotone; biota; technogenically altered subsoil; mining; gas pollution; water balance. DOI: 10.25791/esip.09.2018.165 Contacts: E-mail: kvazi@live.com Pp. 44-53.