Sustainable development of territories in the zone of industrial facilities

Abstract

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of sustainable development of territories in the zone of industrial facilities. The aim of the study is a comprehensive assessment of the environmental sustainability of industrial regions with different levels of population density and the identification of local patterns of the negative factors impact on the environment. The object of the study in the article is the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan in the zone of industrial facilities. As the main research methods, we used the method of one-dimensional scaling or scoring to determine the differentiation of territories according to the level of environmental sustainability, the method of regression analysis to model the sustainable development of industrial regions. The author determined the nature of the interdependence of the environmental sustainability of territories and population density, revealed local patterns determined by the level of regions industrialization. The author’s method is proposed and a comprehensive assessment of the environmental sustainability of industrial territories is made, including the anthropogenic load, the state of the environment, and the level of public health. Depending on the weight coefficient (population density level), an integral assessment of environmental sustainability is calculated, allowing classification of regions into four levels. The necessity of a differentiated approach to managing the sustainable development of industrial territories, based on the diagnosis of environmental stress parameters and their trends, is substantiated. The results of the study can be used in the development of priorities and environmental documents of industrial enterprises, in the activities of state and municipal governments, including in resolving issues of the national project “Ecology”.