Natural disasters in the Russian Federation

Abstract

In recent decades, hazardous natural processes, natural disasters and catastrophes in theRussian Federationhave noticeably intensified. This is due both to global climate and the natural environment change, and to the rapid growth of human impact on landscapes and ecosystems. The current situation has determined a significant increase in the number and scale of emergency situations of natural and natural-technogenic character, material and moral damage among the population and economic infrastructure. Hazardous natural processes have become the regulator of the development of society through a direct impact on the state of the economy and social sphere in theRussia, which forces management structures at all levels — from federal to municipal — to switch to the principles of admissible risk in administrative and territorial mechanisms. And the implementation of these mechanisms is impossible without strict accounting and control of hazardous natural processes, their functioning, dynamics and evolution. The review given in the article shows the main directions of such activities in relation to the subjects of theRussian Federationand large natural complexes.