Open AccessAssessment of social and economic competitive advantages as a tool for ensuring environmental safety of the Volga basin
Author(s) -
Alexander Ivanov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
na straže èkonomiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2588-0071
DOI - 10.36511/2588-0071-2020-2-183-189
Subject(s) - volga region , environmental planning , environmental resource management , structural basin , sustainable development , convention , natural resource , environmental impact assessment , multidisciplinary approach , environmental protection , business , geography , environmental science , political science , paleontology , ethnology , biology , law , history
The adoption in 2018 of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea creates the conditions for ensuring of environmental safety of the Volga basin and the Caspian in accordance with the international and national documents such as the UN Sustainable development goals on 2030 the Paris agreement on Climate change and the federal project on the Volga Rehabilitation. The potential of the formation of UNESCO geoparks was assessed on the basis of Caspian environmental programme and the federal multidisciplinary projects. Newly emerging legal aspects will make it possible to use competitive advantages geographic position in economy and society to enable effective implementation of the North South Transport Corridor project. Assessment of competitive advantages was designed on the basis of risk concept and the unique natural resources estimation for landscape-basin systems. The key output of the research is identification of cumulative effect of the North South Transport Corridor project and environmental projects focused on conservation of the natural resources and landscapes of the Volga basin.