Problems of Sustainable Development in Asian Russia

This article assesses the current state of the environmental sphere of the Asian part of Russia from the standpoint of its compliance with these principles and conditions of the formation of a green economy. Statistical data of the Federal State Statistics Service and information from annual governm...

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Published in:Geography and natural resources 2023-06, Vol.44 (2), p.118-126
Main Authors: Gilmundinov, V. M., Tagaeva, T. O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic Geography
Emissions
Environmental factors
Environmental protection
Environmental regulations
Geography
Global warming
Green economy
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Pollutants
Principles
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Sustainable development
Waste management
Wastewater
Wastewater pollution
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Summary:This article assesses the current state of the environmental sphere of the Asian part of Russia from the standpoint of its compliance with these principles and conditions of the formation of a green economy. Statistical data of the Federal State Statistics Service and information from annual governmental reports On the State and Environmental Protection of the Russian Federation are used in the analysis. It is shown that, despite the statistical decrease in the volume of annual emissions of air pollutants and polluted wastewater, there is an increase in the concentrations of some types of pollutants. The situation is particularly alarming with waste management: over 10 years (before 2019), the annual volume of their generation increased by more than a factor of 2. Specific (per capita) volumes of atmospheric, emissions of polluted wastewater, and waste generation exceed the average Russian level by factors of 2.31, 1.04, and 4.19, respectively. There occurs a more intense influence of greenhouse gas emissions on climate warming than in Russia as a whole. For example, Yakutia has had the greatest climate warming in the world over the past 60 years. The strongest negative impact of adverse environmental factors on the health of the population is observed in Krasnoyarsk krai and in Irkutsk and Kemerovo oblasts. It is concluded that the current situation in Asian Russia contradicts the principles of sustainable development. This article notes the need to restructure institutional mechanisms for regulating environmental activities in order to increase the sustainability of the development of the Asian part of Russia.
ISSN:1875-3728
1875-371X
DOI:10.1134/S1875372823020063