The Baikal Region: В«Environmental Cost» of Economic Growth
I.P. GLAZYRINA1,2, R.V. FATTAKHOV3, A.V. DELYUGA1, P.V. STROEV3,4, A.A. GRIGOROV5
1Institute of Natural Resources, Ecolo gy and Cryology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 16a, Nedorezov st., Chita, 672014, Russia
2Transbaikal State University, Chita, 672014, Russia
3Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 49, Leningrad av., Moscow, GSP-3, 125993, Russia
4Center for Regional Economics and Interbudgetary Relations, Moscow, 125993
5Department for Economics and Finance at the Government of the Russian Federation, 2, Kransnopresnenskaya emb., Moscow, 103274, Russia
Keywords: экоинтенсивность, негативное антропогенное воздействие, эколого-экономическое регулирование, eco-intensity, negative human impact, eco-economic regulation
Abstract
The article analyzes eco-economic processes taking place in the Russian federal subjects of the Baikal region. We assess eco-intensity according to a system of indicators that characterize the specific values of the negative environmental impact per unit ofeconomic result. The article shows that the specific negative impact on the environment with respect to different types of pollutants may vary rather significantly across regions; therefore, it is hardly advisable to develop environmental policy measures based on consolidated figures, and it is essential to find more subtle tools of eco-economic regulation. We recognize growing eco-intensity in the international commerce for the «Production and distribution of electricity, gas, and water» across all the three federal subjects of the Baikal region. It indicates that this sector has not seen practically any environmental advancements for almost 9 years, despite the post-2000 reforms in the power economy and housing services, and that it should still be in focus of eco-economic policy. The most important tasks in Baikal region development are to draft measures that would facilitate transitioning to the best available technologies and to create new green and high-tech economic sectors with minimal negative impact on the environment.
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