Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region
In the contemporary world, the anthropogenic effect is increasing. At the same time, the quality of life of the population is strongly associated with the environmental quality, as there is growing understanding that rising economic income does not ensure the humanity’s well-being. In this regard, i...
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| author | Irina Stepanovna Belik Lyudmila Vladimirovna Kamdina Natalia Vladimirovna Starodubets |
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| description | In the contemporary world, the anthropogenic effect is increasing. At the same time, the quality of life of the population is strongly associated with the environmental quality, as there is growing understanding that rising economic income does not ensure the humanity’s well-being. In this regard, issues connected with analysing the influence of the anthropogenic factor on changes in the quality of the life of the population become relevant. We believe that existing approaches to assessing the quality of life poorly reflect the current situation related to the speed of the environmental changes due to an increase in the scale and intensity of its pollution. Therefore, for assessing the quality of life, we suggest taking into account the environmental and energy components of the anthropogenic factor. To this end, the classification of anthropogenic factors is supplemented by the “industrial production” group, distinguished by the “source of impact” indicator, which allows analysing the group’s influence on changing parameters of the quality of life of the population. The methodological basis of the study is a comprehensive approach to assessing the quality of life. Based on it, we structured the stages of the evolution of approaches to measuring and assessing the quality of life of the population. Moreover, we described key features of these approaches, and identified the fourth stage that substantiates the priority of environmental and energy criteria in assessing the quality of life. We propose to improve the methodology for assessing the quality of life of the population by introducing additional environmental and energy characteristics. The article presents the results of using this improved methodology. We tested it on the examples of the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions. The obtained values of the integral indicators of the quality of life of the population show that the Sverdlovsk region has lower index values. That happened due to a more developed industrial sector and, as a result, the more deteriorated environmental situation. The proposed methodology for assessing the quality of life of the population can be used by regional leaders for making decisions related to the regional development aimed at improving the quality of life of the population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10f1758eff2346b8afff18ad6309d4772023-09-02T17:30:36ZengRussian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics of the Ural BranchЭкономика региона2072-64142411-14062019-12-011541156116810.17059/2019-4-15Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the RegionIrina Stepanovna Belik0Lyudmila Vladimirovna Kamdina1Natalia Vladimirovna Starodubets2Ural Federal University Ural Branch of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Ural Federal University In the contemporary world, the anthropogenic effect is increasing. At the same time, the quality of life of the population is strongly associated with the environmental quality, as there is growing understanding that rising economic income does not ensure the humanity’s well-being. In this regard, issues connected with analysing the influence of the anthropogenic factor on changes in the quality of the life of the population become relevant. We believe that existing approaches to assessing the quality of life poorly reflect the current situation related to the speed of the environmental changes due to an increase in the scale and intensity of its pollution. Therefore, for assessing the quality of life, we suggest taking into account the environmental and energy components of the anthropogenic factor. To this end, the classification of anthropogenic factors is supplemented by the “industrial production” group, distinguished by the “source of impact” indicator, which allows analysing the group’s influence on changing parameters of the quality of life of the population. The methodological basis of the study is a comprehensive approach to assessing the quality of life. Based on it, we structured the stages of the evolution of approaches to measuring and assessing the quality of life of the population. Moreover, we described key features of these approaches, and identified the fourth stage that substantiates the priority of environmental and energy criteria in assessing the quality of life. We propose to improve the methodology for assessing the quality of life of the population by introducing additional environmental and energy characteristics. The article presents the results of using this improved methodology. We tested it on the examples of the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions. The obtained values of the integral indicators of the quality of life of the population show that the Sverdlovsk region has lower index values. That happened due to a more developed industrial sector and, as a result, the more deteriorated environmental situation. The proposed methodology for assessing the quality of life of the population can be used by regional leaders for making decisions related to the regional development aimed at improving the quality of life of the population.http://www.economyofregion.com/data/jarticles/3224.pdfquality of life of the populationanthropogenic factors of the industrial productionenvironmental qualitygreenhouse gas emissionshousehold incomeshousehold expensesenergy conservationintegral index of the quality of life of the population |
| spellingShingle | Irina Stepanovna Belik Lyudmila Vladimirovna Kamdina Natalia Vladimirovna Starodubets Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region Экономика региона quality of life of the population anthropogenic factors of the industrial production environmental quality greenhouse gas emissions household incomes household expenses energy conservation integral index of the quality of life of the population |
| title | Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region |
| title_full | Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region |
| title_short | Influence of Anthropogenic Factors of the Industrial Production on the Quality of Life of the Population in the Region |
| title_sort | influence of anthropogenic factors of the industrial production on the quality of life of the population in the region |
| topic | quality of life of the population anthropogenic factors of the industrial production environmental quality greenhouse gas emissions household incomes household expenses energy conservation integral index of the quality of life of the population |
| url | http://www.economyofregion.com/data/jarticles/3224.pdf |
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