Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyze the driving forces of the impact of human activities on the environment. The problem of assessing the influence of the population size, the level of economic development, as well as the technological factor on the volume of emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air in the regions of the Russian Federation is considered. A retrospective of models for analyzing the main driving forces of anthropogenic impact on the environment is presented. The study is based on the STIRPAT model. The results of the econometric assessment showed that both the population and the level of economic development (GRP per capita) have a decisive influence on the increase in air emissions in the regions of the Russian Federation. A decrease in the energy intensity of GRP, as well as the share of manufacturing and extractive industries in the sectoral structure of GRP, also leads to a significant decrease in the environmental load. However, the values of the corresponding environmental elasticities are significantly lower than the elasticities of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere with changes in population size and economic growth (GRP per capita).
Highlights
Human economic activity is the main cause of the environmental pollution [1], [2]
The problem of identifying and analyzing the driving forces of anthropogenic impact on the environment was posed in the 70s of the last century and received the most concentrated expression during the discussion between B
Population growth, economic growth, resource use and environmental degradation must be considered in conjunction
Summary
Human economic activity is the main cause of the environmental pollution [1], [2]. The problem of identifying and analyzing the driving forces of anthropogenic impact on the environment was posed in the 70s of the last century and received the most concentrated expression during the discussion between B. What is the cause and what are the consequences of the anthropogenic impact? B. Commoner believed that the deterioration of the environment in the United States after World War II was caused primarily by changes in the production technologies. In particular, argued: “when establishing the blame for the environmental degradation only on defective technologies, B. Population growth, economic growth, resource use and environmental degradation must be considered in conjunction
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