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State of the Environment in Bishkek 2001

 

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Indicator

 

Background indicators

 

Total population (pers.)

 768 000

Total area (ha)

  15 728

Population growth (%/year)

2.3

Residential density (pers./ha)

  48.8

Floor area (m2/pers.)

  13.8

Size of a household (pers.)

  3.3

Gross city product (US$/pers.)

  668

Employment (%)

  55.83

Poor households (%)

  49.2

Murders (1/year/100,000 pers.)

  8.5

Urban environment indicators

  

Water use (l/day/pers.)

  498.

Population affected by violation of drinking water quality standards (%)

  2.1

Households connected to water supply (%)

  99,1

Households connected to sewerage (%)

  63.4

Wastewater treated (%)

  100

Solid waste generation (kg/day/pers.)

  0.88

Households with garbage collection (%)

  30

Passenger cars (1/1,000 pers.)

  39  

SO2 air emissions (tons/year/ha)

    0.848

NOx air emissions (tons/year/ha)

    0.37

Population affected by violation of air quality standards (%)

  no data

Public transport seats (1/1,000 pers.)

  no data

Work trips by public transport, bicycle or on feet (%)

  no data

Non-urban land (%)

  29.9

"Green" area (ha/pers.)

  0.0098

Area under protection (%)

  no data

Protected cultural sites and monuments (number)

  no data

Local environmental management strategy or action plan (year of adoption, -1 if none)

 -1

Environment protection expenditures as percent of the gross city product (%)

 0.024

Number of environmental NGOs (1/10,000 pers.)

 1,2

 

The indicators are adapted from, or partly match, the following lists:

- Kyrgyz Republic:new perspectives. Complex basics of development of the Kyrgyz Republic till 2010. Bishkek. - 2001.

- Environmental Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources in the Kyrgyz Republic. National Committee for Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek. - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

- WRI/UNCHS: WRI, UNEP, UNDP, WB. World Resources 1998-99 - urban data, city level, based on UNCHS (Habitat) indicators.

- UNCHS: UNCHS (Habitat). Monitoring Human Settlements. Abridged Survey. Indicator Programme.1995

- OECD: OECD Core Set of Environmental Indicators. Urban Environmental Quality - Draft Working Paper. 1997

 

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