Preventing technosphere-associated emergencies in the territories of municipalities in the context of climate change

Abstract

The present study is aimed at providing systematic assessment and developing preventive measures for adverse technosphere effects emerging in the territories of municipalities in the context of climate change. The study emphasizes the search for methods, organizational-technical measures, and the best available technologies for preventing natural and anthropogenic emergencies, as well as their socio-economic, natural-resource, environmental and other adverse consequences. The paper considers assessing the dynamics, as well as forecasting climate change in environmentally-sensitive areas, taking into account the increasing global temperature associated with technosphere factors of human activity in the urban economy (heat and power engineering, housing and utilities infrastructure, transport, handling of hazardous solid municipal and other wastes). The impact of climate change on the natural environment is analyzed in terms of preventing adverse events and emergencies. Based on the generalization and systematization of materials, the present paper identifies directions and ways of preventing environmental hazards by reducing the technosphere load on the natural environment under the conditions of climate change.