Zinaida Ivanova

• Professor (Associate) at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering

The article addresses climate change and environmental degradation in many parts of the planet. Cities demonstrate an increase in air temperature; urban heat islets affect human health and rise mortality rates. This requires a change in an approach to urban planning and design, a modified of urban structure, which in turn require better environment...

The co-authors discuss the prospects for the development of urban sports facilities that may occupy both subterranean and overground spaces. The co-authors have conducted a sociological poll in several Russian cities and towns to identify the demand for the services provided by urban winter leisure parks, their attendance rate, extent of their conv...

The objective of the co-authors is to study the motivation of purchasers of construction/finishing materials and the criteria that govern their selection. No systemic studies of consumer behavioral models and stereotypes in respect of residential housing have been performed so far. However, the environmentally determined management techniques, appl...

The article covers safety and environmental issues, as well as the sustainable interaction between man and nature in the context of present-day cities. An important task, according to the authors, is the study of scientific approaches and practical achievements in this field, and then the detection of the most urgent critical issues. The coauthors...

The article considers home heating and energy saving. The authors analyze the energy saving problem in reliance upon the findings of the pilot opinion poll conducted in Orel in autumn 2013. The objective of the poll was to identify the home heating needs of local residents and to find out the viewpoints of the residents in respect of the operation...

In this review article, an attempt is made to analyze the problem of gradual though accelerating degradation ofthe environment in the Russian Federation, its reasons and outcomes. The factors aggravating the problem areclassified, and their impact is assessed. Intensive industrial development, enormous gas and oil consumption, ahuge number of cars...

The co-authors address the relevant issues concerning the need to implement the principle of the biosphere compatibility as the core prerequisite for the symbiotic co-existence of man and nature. Caring treatment of the biosphere, termination of its excessive exploitation, analysis of the ratio between the biospheric potential of specific areas and...

The authors raise a question of the necessity of urgent introduction of the principles of green building design into the practice. It is emphasized that such a necessity is dictated by the dangerous degradation processes occurring in the biosphere and society. In the given report the questions of social purpose and function of architectural activit...