TY - JOUR

T1 - Problems of Sustainable Development in Asian Russia

AU - Гильмундинов, Вадим Манавирович

AU - Тагаева, Татьяна Олеговна

N1 - This work was carried out as part of the research work of the Institute of Economics and Organization of Industrial Production, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, under project 5.6.6.4 “Methods and Models for Substantiating the Strategy for the Development of the Russian Economy in the Context of a Changing Macroeconomic Reality” (0260-021-0008).

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - emissions of air pollutants

KW - green economy

KW - pollution of water resources

KW - production and consumption waste

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/db175573-0d81-3fe9-bcfc-f0e57032a562/

U2 - 10.1134/S1875372823020063

DO - 10.1134/S1875372823020063

M3 - Article

VL - 44

SP - 118

EP - 126

JO - Geography and Natural Resources

JF - Geography and Natural Resources

SN - 1875-3728

IS - 2

ER -