The Conception of Implementation of Environmental Indicators Program into the System of Regional Management

Abstract

The article discusses the necessity of integrating the environmental indicators into the system of regional management, analyzes the global and Russian experience in the application of sustainable development indicators. The author suggests control indicators of air, water, soil, biological resources, which give the characteristics of the ecological status of territory. The author also proposes the atmospheric air condition assessment system by volume of harmful emissions and greenhouse gases. Surface water is estimated by volume of fresh water withdrawn and wastewater discharge. Quality soil and its degradation are estimated to yield crops, the progress of erosion processes, deflation, and the use of marginal lands. Biological diversity is characterized by the number of species and the area of protected sites. The main purpose of the program is the development and implementation approach to coordinating the actions of regional management structures aimed at achieving sustainable development priorities, through the execution of the specified environmental indicators for the region. The program focuses on the sources of funding for environmental activities and final evaluation of the program on the environmental, economic and social aspects.

Keywords

• environmental indicators
• sustainable development
• environmental programs
• regional management
• the Volgograd region