Kazan has entered the top 5 Russian cities in terms of the quality of the urban environment

Kazan has entered the top 5 Russian cities in terms of the quality of the urban environment with a population of more than a million people. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation Alexey Yeresko during a press conference in TASS.

Kazan scored 216 points out of 360 possible in the group "the largest cities in a relatively comfortable climate". Compared to the previous year, Kazan increased the index from 210 to 216.

Moscow became the leader among the million-plus cities, scoring 299 points. St. Petersburg is in second place with 264 points, Kazan is in third, Nizhny Novgorod is in fourth with 214 points, Rostov-on-Don is in fifth with 212 points.

In addition, among the large cities of Tatarstan with a population of up to one million, Naberezhnye Chelny scored 204 points, compared with 2021, the increase was 5 points.

Among large cities with a population of up to 250 thousand people, Almetyevsk received 223 points, Nizhnikamsk – 214.

Innopolis took the first place in terms of the quality of the urban environment among small towns with a population of up to 5 thousand people in a relatively comfortable climate, scoring 248 points.

On average, the urban environment quality index in Tatarstan is 204 points, the increase by 2019 was 13%.

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The Urban Environment Quality Index is a tool for assessing the quality of the material urban environment and the conditions for its formation, which allows using the results of the assessment to create recommendations for improving the environment.

The index is formed on the basis of an assessment of six types of urban spaces in accordance with six criteria for the quality of the urban environment. This assessment implies the allocation of one key indicator for each type of space for each of the criteria. As a result, an evaluation matrix of 36 indicators is formed.