It is noted that when compiling the index, 36 indicators were taken into account, each was evaluated on a 10-point scale.
“In cities with more than 180 points, the urban environment is considered favorable,” the press service of the Ministry of Construction quoted the head of the department, Vladimir Yakushev.
It is clarified that the average urban environment in Russia was 163 points.
It is also reported that the group of "largest cities in a relatively comfortable climate" is headed by Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnoyarsk.
On August 14, Vladimir Yakushev, during a visit to Japan, noted the need to study the standards of Tokyo's urban environment in order to develop his own urban planning policy.