Ryumina E.V. Analysis and formalization of environmental behavior of the population. Regional problems of economic transformation. 2024. No. 10 (168). Рp. 258-266.

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to quantify the environmental behavior of the population and identify the factors influencing it. Research methods. Ecological behavior is considered in combination of three processes of interaction of the population with the natural environment and its resources: the formation of solid household waste, water consumption and electricity consumption in everyday life. Quantitative indicators are defined for each process. The article presents the author's development of the index of environmental behavior of the population and the methodology of its construction for Russian regions based on official statistics. The factors influencing the ecological behavior of the population – climatic, economic, and social - have been identified. The scope of the results. The results of the work performed can be used in scientific research to characterize the population in environmental and natural resource aspects, regional social management bodies when working with the population, and environmental organizations when developing resource conservation strategies. Conclusions and results. Private indices of water and energy consumption by the population in everyday life and the formation of solid household waste, as well as a composite index of environmental behavior of the population, have been constructed. The differentiation of regions by indicators of ecological behavior is analyzed. The factors influencing resource consumption and waste generation have been identified. The strong dependence of ecological behavior on the material standard of living of the population is shown.