Assessing the decoupling of economic growth from environmental impacts in industrial regions of the Russian Federation: an impact decoupling approach
Journal: SHS Web of Conferences
Year: 2021

The article analyzes the dynamics of the economic activity level in Russian industrial regions and its impact on the main environmental elements (water, air and soil) by calculating the decoupling coefficient. In the study a hierarchical cluster analysis was carried out, resulted in the formation of seven regional clusters, five of which had a significant share of the industrial sector in the gross value-added structure. Decoupling coefficients were calculated for 64 constituent entities of the