ECOLOGICAL COMFORT OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF BARNAUL

Abstract

Ensuring a positive human environment is one of the most important urban management tasks, which requires appropriate scientific support. The results of a review of scientific publications of foreign and national publications concerning assessing the quality (comfort) of the living environment allow determining the main factors affecting the quality of life of the urban population. These factors include atmospheric air quality, noise pollution, road network and traffic, the nature of real estate development, and site landscaping. Based on the selected factors, the research objective was to develop a multi-faceted approach to the ecological assessment of the urban environment comfort, which can be applied in practice when planning the development of urban areas. The following indicators were used as assessment indicators: average annual concentration of suspended solids, noise level, intensity of traffic flows, real estate development density, share of green spaces, and area of parks and recreation sites. The studies of the municipal entity territory of the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, conducted according to the developed methodology made it possible to identify the most ecologically uncomfortable zones of the city and propose approaches to solving the existing ecological problems. The most acute problems of the city urban environment are the non-uniformity of site landscaping, the congestion of highways, and the low level of improvement of the entire territory, especially the recreation areas. These things significantly reduce the ecological comfort level of the population living. In order to improve it, it is necessary to take real actions to improve urban infrastructure, first of all, to optimize transport flows, expand and create new zones of green spaces.