Socio-ecological situation in small mono-industrial cities of Russia
https://doi.org/10.35854/2219-6242-2023-4-513-533
Abstract
The article presents the author’s approach to the study of environmental problems using the concept of socio-ecological situation. The interpretation of this concept and an example of its use in the survey of small mono-industrial cities of Russia are given. The results of such a survey are given, which showed that the presented approach can be used in the study of environmental problems of small towns and other socio-territorial formations.
About the Author
A. S. Mishchenko
Sociological Institute of the RAS — a branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. S. Mishchenko — senior researcher
25/14, 7th Krasnoarmeyskaya st., St. Petersburg 190005, Russia
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Mishchenko A.S. Socio-ecological situation in small mono-industrial cities of Russia. Sociology and Law. 2023;15(4):513-533. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.35854/2219-6242-2023-4-513-533
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