THE PROBLEM OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC FACTORS TO CLARIFY THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE QUALITY INDICATORS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
The goal of urban planning and housing policy is to create a comfortable living environment that allows citizens to meet the needs of life activity and ensure a high quality of life in general. It is necessary to assess the quality of the urban environment in order to develop such a policy, both at the state and regional levels, and to make qualified decisions on the development of cities and other settlements. This study examines approaches to assessing the quality of the urban environment and suggests ways to improve the assessment system that take into account new factors associated with natural and environmental conditions. An overview of the possibility of using geodata and geoinformation technologies to assess the quality of the urban environment is given. The analysis of the influence of environmental and climatic factors on the state of the urban environment is carried out. The key ecological and climatic indicators of the quality of the urban environment are described, including the quality of atmospheric air, the state of the geological and water environment, noise impact, the quality of the visual environment and bioclimatic conditions. Each of the indicators is disclosed in terms of impact on the overall quality of the urban environment, and methods for evaluating the indicators are proposed. Conclusions are drawn about the need for complex interdisciplinary research aimed at identifying systemic relationships between various factors and the causes of negative impacts.