Open AccessENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL AREAS VITEBSK REGION
Author(s) -
A. Shamatulskaya
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
vestnik polockogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ d. èkonomičeskie i ûridičeskie nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-1916
pISSN - 2070-1632
DOI - 10.52928/2070-1632-2021-59-14-81-84
Subject(s) - sustainability , sustainable development , rural area , environmental planning , geography , natural resource , environmental resource management , environmental impact assessment , environmental sustainability index , environmental protection , environmental science , ecology , political science , law , biology
The article presents a methodology for assessing the environmental sustainability of rural areas. The study was conducted in twenty-one administrative districts of the Vitebsk region. The indicators for the assessment were combined into two sets of indicators that characterize the ecological subsystem of rural areas: the anthropogenic impact on the environment and the degree of use of natural resources. As a result of the environmental sustainability assessment, rural areas were divided into three groups: sustainable development, approximate and unstable sustainable development. The practical significance of the study is to determine the trends and prospects of environmental development of rural areas of the Vitebsk region.