Section

Economic, social, political and recreational geography

Title

THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN VITAL ACTIVITIES OF RUSSIA (ESTIMATION METHOD)

Сontributors

A. N. Zolotokrylin, Chief Scientist, Prof., Dr. Sci. (Geography); This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

V. V. Vinogradova, Senior Scientist, Ph. D., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Institute of Geography RAS

Abstract

The climatic factors are the climate changes, which affect human vital activities (directely or undi rectely). Continued global warming and rising climate extremality have different impact on various spheres of human vital activities of the population, especially on its health. The climatic factors affect the social situation, and the environmental situation as well. The spread of extreme weather events in Russia is discussed in the context of the intensive global warming. The increase in the climate extremality was seen almost throughout the country. A new approach was proposed to estimate the climate change impact on human vital activities in Russia depending on changing natural and social factors (during the modern period). It analyzes various ways of climate impact on the main spheres of human vital activities of the population, taking into account both social and environmental conditions.

Keywords

climate change, exposure, human vital activities, health, extreme events.

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