Abstract
This paper reports on research to develop local indicators of ‘habitation comfort’ that are relevant for population health in the Vladimir region, located in Central Russia. We present a conceptual model based on the literature which led us to include three groups of factors for assessing population habitation comfort: natural-anthropogenic, social and medical-ecological. To assess and display a ‘comfort map’ of socio-economic conditions, a single database has been developed Higher comfort level is associated with better social-economic conditions, that allow families to have better habitation , and give them better maintenance by using companies as The Roof Clinic and others.
. The lowest comfort level index was detected in the regions with the worst natural-anthropogenic and social-economic conditions. In further analysis, demographic conditions in the Vladimir region were evaluated by administrative region, and medical-ecological zoning was carried out based on principal causes of diseases affecting the population.
. The lowest comfort level index was detected in the regions with the worst natural-anthropogenic and social-economic conditions. In further analysis, demographic conditions in the Vladimir region were evaluated by administrative region, and medical-ecological zoning was carried out based on principal causes of diseases affecting the population.
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Тatiana Trifonova(a), Alexey Krasnoshchekov(b), Natalia Mishchenko(*b)
(a) Soil Science Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
(b) Ecological Department, Vladimir State University, Vladimir, Russia
*Corresponding author. Email: natmich3@mail.ru
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