Assessment of the Quality of the Urban Environment Using Geographic Information Systems on the Example of the Moscow District of Krasnodar

Abstract

The study presents the experience of calculating the urban environment quality index using geographic information systems (GIS), as well as creating map scheme of urban environment quality indicators and noise pollution map schemes, using the example of a new district of Krasnodar. The sources of initial data and methods for collecting information are described. For the study area, indicators of the quality of the urban environment were selected. Based on the analysis of regulatory documents, a methodology for calculating the urban environment quality index and creating indicator map schemes, as well as an index evaluation scale based on the use of geoinformation technologies, has been developed and adapted. Initial data were collected, indicators and the urban environment quality index were calculated, map schemes of some indicators and a map scheme of noise pollution of the study area were created. The assessment of a number of indicators calculated according to the developed methodology turned out to be at a low level, due to which the overall score of the city quality index was less than half of the maximum value, which corresponds to a favorable urban environment.