Study of Life Quality and Urban Environment Quality in Russian Megapolises

摘要

The article deals with the study of the social infrastructure development and the quality of life in megapolises.The purpose of the study is ranking Russian cities on a combination of indicators of life quality and indicators of urban environment quality,taking into account current trends of shifting priorities in the development of Russian cities to the formation of favorable conditions of life,complex and sustainable development of territories.The authors analyzed the most significant indicators of success and significance of the city.To assess the quality of life,the authors used the indicators of average monthly income,minimum subsistence level,employment rate,life expectancy,infant mortality rate,population with incomes above,below and equal to minimum subsistence level,employment index and ratio of average per capita income to minimum subsistence level,and human development index.To analyze the quality of urban environment,the authors used indicator of housing provision as a target for planning development of city,age of megapolises,permanent population size,area and population density of city.Ranking of megacities was carried out on the basis of the results of integrated assessment based on the method of conjugate analysis of the life quality and the urban environment quality.The Authors formed the groups of megapolises with methods of comparative analysis and cluster analysis.According to the results of the study,in accordance with the integrated assessment,4 groups of megapolises were identified on the severity of the problems of urban environment development.