Assessment of urban environment safety for public health

Mikhail Molev,Yuri Chertov,Irene Zanina,Alexey Shemetov,I Ilin,O Kalinina

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201817004019

Abstract

The article describes the results of scientific research in the sphere of urban techno-sphere pollution caused by industrial enterprises activity and vehicles gases. It is shown that transport influences greatly the air environment pollution in Russian cities. Methodological approaches to assessing the health risks for urban residents are described. The main statements of the methodology managing the health risks of the urban population are given.

Highlights

Forming comfortable conditions for people’s life in large cities of Russia is one of the strategic tasks of the state, scientists and society
The population of many Russian cities is experiencing a significant impact of adverse man-made factors, one of which is urban vehicles
A characteristic feature of the proposed methodology is the possibility of optimizing control decisions depending on the current ecological state of the urban environment

Summary

Introduction

Forming comfortable conditions for people’s life in large cities of Russia is one of the strategic tasks of the state, scientists and society. The health risk of urban residents is the main quantitative characteristic of the urbanized environment state when studying the ecological and social system "man – natural environment". The connection between the categories "danger" and "risk" is expressed by the logical chain "danger - manifestation of danger - negative effect - risk [1]. The population of many Russian cities is experiencing a significant impact of adverse man-made factors, one of which is urban vehicles. According to statistical data [2], the contribution of cars to urban pollution is 68-85% (table 1), which determines the research theme.

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