Sustainability assessment for environmental construction projects, implemented in the arctic zone of the Russian Federation

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Tsurkan, M V, Artemiev, A A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/698/7/077034; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/698/7/077034/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/698/7/077034

Abstract The relevance of this article is caused by the construction development in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. These construction works should be performed considering ecological safety. The objective of this article is to elaborate methods of evaluation for sustainability of ecological construction projects, implemented in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. This process should be based on systematization of data on the essence of the projects in question, taking into consideration ecological, economic and social aspects of the notion “sustainability”. The paper defines such notions as “sustainability of results of ecological construction projects” and “ecological construction projects sustainability” and distinguishes between them. The article suggests methods of evaluation for sustainability of ecological construction projects, considering the need for prolongation of positive impact, when these projects are over.