Some Approaches to Measuring Environmental Safety

Authors

  • Sergey Grigoryevich Kharchenko

    Institute of Ecology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya Str. 6, Moscow 117198, Russia
  • Dmitry Evgenievich Kucher

    Institute of Ecology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya Str. 6, Moscow 117198, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v8i9.13763
Received: 28 July 2026 | Revised: 27 August 2026 | Accepted: 7 September 2026 | Published Online: 22 September 2026

Abstract

The article is devoted to the measurement of environmental safety. The differentiation between the methodological concepts of safety and danger is carried out. The requirements for measures of environmental safety are substantiated. The correlation between safety and development, safety and danger is revealed. A quantitative approach to the environmental safety assessment is proposed. The objectives of environmental safety as a science and practical activity, along with the criteria for achieving these objectives, are substantiated. In the article, life expectancy is analyzed as an indicator of environmental safety as well as its dependence on other state development priorities, such as the costs of giving birth and raising children, supporting pregnant and lactating mothers, caring for pensioners, costs of ensuring industrial and transport safety, etc. It is substantiated that the mortality rate of the population at different ages, from different reasons, in different conditions, will represent the state of safety in a given place. The article considers the indicators that determine the quality (state) of the environment as the maximum permissible environmental load and the degree of proximity of the ecosystem state to the border of its sustainability. The possibilities and advantages of using the assessment of the photosynthetic organisms’ state as the indicator of environmental safety are substantiated. 

Keywords:

Environmental Safety; Safety Level; Safety Criteria; Basic Values; Life Expectancy; Integral Indicators; Photosynthetic Organisms

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Kharchenko, S. G., & Kucher , D. E. (2026). Some Approaches to Measuring Environmental Safety . Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences, 8(9), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v8i9.13763

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