Formation of SEEA Land and Soil Accounts at Regional Level
2016; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.2139/ssrn.2781847
ISSN1556-5068
AutoresАлександр Дмитриевич Думнов, Anna Kharitonova,
Tópico(s)Environmental Sustainability and Technology
ResumoCurrently used analytical tools and indicators of macroeconomic development of the country do not adequately reflect environmental concerns. We need to improve the methodological basis of macroeconomic statistics of the natural environment and its relationships with agriculture to obtain more reliable information about the condition of a particular region. The paper proposes the formulation of macroeconomic accounts from the municipal level to aggregated information at the level of region and country. For example, the assets accounts for land cover and soil resources are developed according to cartographic survey of the Borovsk district of Kaluga region. In general, the developed base map is enough to make most accounts (balance sheet) assets land and soil resources. However, for a more complete and comprehensive reflection of soil resources in physical terms it is recommended to add indicators of soil properties that represent the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of soil, like porosity, structure, pH level and microbial biomass.
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