TECHNOSPHERE FIRES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A SOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK: GEOGRAPHIC ASPECT

Abstract

Technosphere fires are considered as one of the sources of adverse impacts on the environment and human health. Based on representative statistical material, the comprehensive characteristics of their spatio-temporal dynamics in the RF subjects are given. The basic principles of general quantitative assessment methodology and their contribution to the total environmental load can be created using the quantitative information described in the article about the key essential environmental characteristics of fires.