title: Hutchinson’s ecological niche as an indicator of life quality of the population
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kulesh, Valeriy P.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Sergeev, Yuriy N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-03-17T11:33:12Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-03-17T11:33:12Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
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metadata.value: Kulesh V. P., Sergeev Yu. N. Hutchinson’s ecological niche as an indicator of life quality of the population. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Series 7. Geology. Geography, 2016, issue 4, pp. 66–81.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu07.2016.406
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6059
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metadata.value: In classical ecology the concept of “ecological niche” is used for estimating living conditions. By analogy,
  we consider the socio-ecological niche as hypervolume in a multidimensional space of factors that
  determine the quality of life of the population. A potential niche is built for the world’s population as
  a whole and realized for the population of a state or region. In the article the method of analytical determination
  of the boundaries of zones of optimal, normal and oppressive quality of life is considered
  under the rubric of the factors: ‘level of nutrition’, ‘level of medical care’, ‘purity of the environment’ in
  a potential niche. The method is based on using the influence functions of social and environmental
  factors proposed by D. Meadows in the global development model “Limits to Growth”. The hypothesis
  about equal contribution to the relative change of life expectancy about the changing roles of influence
  factors is used. The niches of quality of life of Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation
  are projected for the time interval from 1913 to 2010, as the socio-economic statistical information
  is not differentiated in terms of income, the niches degenerated to points that form a trajectory of the
  quality of life in the space of a potential social-ecological niche. The trajectory has the shape of a loop,
  located in areas of strong oppression (1913–1968 years) (1988–2004 years) and moderate oppression
  (1968–1987 years) (2005–2010 years) of quality of life. The descending branch of the “Russian cross”
  dating back to the ‘perestroika’ (restructuring) and ‘market reforms’ period corresponds to a dramatic
  decrease in the quality of life and explains the reason for the formation of ‘the Russian cross’ as it is
  known in demography. The location of the trajectory of quality of life the USSR and Russia in the space
  of a potential niche reveals that the main limiting factors of this characteristic were and still are socioeconomic
  factors. Environmental pollution is of secondary importance. Refs 34. Figs 5. Tables 2.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Работа выполнена при поддержке гранта РФФИ № 13-05-00648-а.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Series 7. Geology. Geography;Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: socio-ecological niche
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: quality of life
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the potential and realized niches
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the boundaries of zones of life quality
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: “Russian cross”
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Hutchinson’s ecological niche as an indicator of life quality of the population
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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