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Ecological clusters as a tool of improving the environmental safety in developing countries

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The article is devoted to the research of ecological clusters as a tool of improving the ecological safety in developing countries. The authors offer to use a specifically developed methodology for determining the level of ecological security in developing countries. Formation of a city skeleton on the basis of ecological clusters, generated on the basis of biologically active natural complex, is offered. We offer the methodology of introduction of the cluster organization of the city environment with introduction models on the example of the city of Volgograd of the Russian Federation.

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This work was executed with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation within the limits of a base unit of the state task (Project # 2797).

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  1. Marketing Agency “MARKA,” Department of World Economy and Economic Theory, Volgograd State Technical University, 11a Dvinskaya St., Apt 33, Volgograd, 400087, Russia

    E. G. Popkova

  2. Department of World Economy and Economic Theory, Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russia

    L. S. Shakhovskaya

  3. Volgograd Economics and Technical College, Volgograd, Russia

    S. A. Abramov

  4. Faculty of the “Corporate Governance”, Moscow Institute of State and Corporate Governance, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Natsubidze

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Popkova, E.G., Shakhovskaya, L.S., Abramov, S.A. et al. Ecological clusters as a tool of improving the environmental safety in developing countries. Environ Dev Sustain 18, 1049–1057 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-015-9685-3

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