Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Stress on Social-and-Economic Well-Being of Population: Development of the Methodology and its Testing

This article displays the results of assessment of environmental and economic well-being of municipal

territories of the Republic of Tatarstan. The authors developed a method to assess people’s quality of life from

the environmental load. The mathematical model of the impact of the environmental well-being in people’s life

expectancy, fertility and mortality. To analyze the effects of environmental conditions on the quality of life of

individual administrative districts and regions of the Republic of Tatarstan, first we have assessed the level of

individual well-being and environmental stress areas. In was based on the methodology of constructing

composite indices. This resulted in the comprehensive indicators of habitat quality (KSO) and welfare (HPI).

Was further developed by the authors calculated index IP. IP index shows the ratio between the level of welfare

of the population and the level of environmental protection. We have introduced an innovative index to

determine the so-called environmental "price" of the welfare of the population, this region provides a direct

opportunity to develop a system of measures of state influence on the ecological environment in order to

optimize the socio-economic development of the territory. Assessment tool developed by the well-being of the

population on the environmental load of the region can highlight areas of particular risk (in terms of the

environmental component) for which you want to develop measures to improve the environment and balanced

socio-economic development.