Technique of the selection of investment projects for elimination of accumulated damage to the environment in the Russian Arctic based on cost-benefit analysis

The damage caused to the natural environment of the Arctic in recent years is too large and requires removal. The elimination of environmental damage requires large investments. In conditions of limited financial resources it is necessary to select the most efficient projects. The evaluation of environmental and economic efficiency of projects of the elimination of the last environmental damage can become the tool of such selection, based on the cost-benefit analysis, this evaluation consists of accounting of non-market environmental effects of restoring the environment of the Arctic. The article presents an algorithm of such evaluation and selection of projects and examples of its application

On the issue of a favorable environment in the “Smart City” development program

The article examines acute problems of ensuring a favorable environment in urbanized areas. The author pays special attention to the greening of the urban economy by implementing the “Smart City” program’s digital technologies. The study rests on research and particular scientific methods of cognition. The dialectical method made it possible to ensure a favorable environment in urban areas and, in conjunction with indicators, assess its quality. The comparative legal method is taken as a basis for identifying general trends in the use of new information technologies to determine the quality of a favorable environment. The article emphases that the implementation of information technology in ensuring a favorable environment contributes to an increase in the effectiveness of measures aimed at protecting it from negative influences. Simultaneously, indications of the effectiveness of the implementation of promising programs, including the Smart City program, use virtual indicators that are not accompanied by indicators that allow assessing the degree of environmental friendliness in quantitative terms. The article contains suggestions for improving the mechanism for protecting a favorable environment in the “Smart City” development program