Kazan has entered the top five million-plus cities for comfortable living

Kazan entered the top five million-plus cities for comfortable living out of 1,117 Russian cities according to the results of a study by the Ministry of Construction of Russia and the Institute of Development of DOM.RF.

Over the past year, the share of Russian cities with a favorable environment has increased by 10 percentage points to 44%. By 2024, according to the federal project "Formation of a comfortable urban environment", this figure should reach 60%, by 2030 – 80%.

The urban environment quality Index is calculated annually by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation.

According to the results of last year, Moscow (293), St. Petersburg (256), Kazan (210), Nizhny Novgorod (209), Novosibirsk (195) were recognized as the most comfortable cities to live in. Among the cities with a population of 250 thousand to 1 million people, Tyumen (233), Krasnodar (225), Kaliningrad (223), Cheboksary (220) are recognized as comfortable for life. More information about the results of the Index can be found at the link.

The formation of the index is influenced by 36 indicators that characterize the six most popular types of urban spaces, such as: housing, public-business and social-leisure infrastructure and adjacent spaces, green areas, embankments, street infrastructure and citywide space. Each of them is evaluated according to six indicators that characterize the urban environment – safety, comfort, environmental friendliness, identity and diversity, modernity of the environment and the effectiveness of authorities.

Each indicator is evaluated on a ten-point scale, the values are summed up and form the final quality index. The maximum number of points a city can score is 360. At the same time, the urban environment is considered favorable if the quality index is more than 180 points. By the end of 2021, the average value of the index was 184 points with a planned value of 183 points.