Socio-economic factors in environmental risk management as applied to urban agglomerations

Abstract

The article presents a study of the specifics of socio-economic factors that form the basis for managing environmental risks in urban agglomerations. The specificity of modern regional management lies in the need to take into account the ambivalence of the environmental protection problem. The creating of a favorable natural environment is, at the same time, one of the most important social tasks and strategic goals of modern society, at the same time, it acts as a means, a factor in achieving other fundamental goals - increasing the efficiency of social production, improving the quality of life of the population. The main problems accompanying environmentally unfavorable situations in the production, economic and social spheres of society are considered. The prospects for optimizing these areas in the context of their greening are presented. The role of an environmentally oriented transformation of the urban agglomeration management system is shown, where emphasis is placed on an integrated approach to solving the problems of environmental pollution, preserving labor resources, improving the quality of life and meeting hygienic requirements in an urban environment. Attention is paid to the issues of greening urban infrastructure, optimizing production and socio-economic systems in the aspect of improving the principles of interaction between the natural and production areas. The tools for solving problems of environmental risk management in an urban agglomeration have been identified.