Indicator method of estimation of human impact assessment for coastal local municipalities

Abstract

Usage the method of Human Impact Assessment (HIA) for estimation of coastal local municipalities allows evaluating the nature-ecological state / environmental situation of coastal local municipality, given an opportunity to show the hierarchy of municipalities and determining the HIA, vulnerability and opportunity for their future development. In the paper, the indicator method of HIA for estimation of coastal local municipalities and their main assumptions are formulated. Due to the HIA analysis, the list of factors of estimation of the nature-ecological state / environmental situation of coastal local municipality was obtained. For each selected factor the method of indicator value calculation, as well as computation of value of the integrative indicator of the nature-ecological state for coastal local municipality (or HIA estimation value for coastal local municipalities) as average of indicators, is proposed. Application of the method is considered for coastal local municipalities of the Leningrad Oblast and St. Petersburg. Based on the indicators and integrative indicator values the recommendations to reduction of human impact for coastal local municipalities are made.