From the History of Development of the Term “Landscape” and Features of Its Use in Specialized Scientifi c Literature

The term “landscape” is a basic concept in terminology of the landscape science. In geography there are many interpretations of the term by scientists. The presence of multiple definitions makes professional communication of specialists difficult. The authors of the article examine the sources of origin of the term “landscape” and trace the history of the formation of this concept in the science. Along with this the article describes the features of national and international use of the term “landscape” in the specializedscientific literature. Particular attention is devoted to the description of the existing groups of definitions of the term “land