Calculation of Sustainability Indicators for Water Objects based on the Example of Water Use in the Arctic Basin of the Yenisei River

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Andrey Nasonov, Ilya Tsvetkov, Sergey Nikonorov, Alexander Krivichev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: self-organization; fractal; sustainability indicators; Arctic Basin; Yenisei River; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032705; https://doaj.org/article/4b9527467c504b688895965954a3ed59

In the article, the fractal approach to the description of nonequilibrium water ecosystems in their exploitation conditions is considered. The article demonstrates clearly that, in these conditions, the management of the development of water objects should be a precautionary provision, which should furthermore be reduced to the management of potential anthropogenic risks arising from a violation of the coevolution of anthropogenic and natural processes equivalent to the disruption in sustainability of the ecosystem in its exploitation conditions. The fractal approach opens up new opportunities for the assessment of water management based on the calculation of the fractal sustainability indicator (anthropogenic transformation) for water ecosystems that is directly related to the maximum permissible environmental load (MPEL).