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Hydraulic Structures Considered as a Basis for Improving the Quality of Life on the Example of the Moscow Region

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A history of the hydraulic structures used to supply water to Muscovites for centuries is presented. The concept of “quality of life” is analyzed to include the main indicators characterizing the degree to which the basic vital needs of people are satisfied. All of these indicators are demonstrated to include a water component. The evolution of social standards is traced on the example of sanitary and hygienic living conditions of the population in the context of the historical development of the city of Moscow and its environs.

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  1. RUDN University, Moscow, Russia

    L. N. Ryzhankova

  2. Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (National Research University), Moscow, Russia

    E. S. Argal

  3. Russian State Agrarian Extramural University, Moscow, Russia

    M. T. Savitskaya

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 6, June 2021, pp. 19 – 25. DOI: 10.34831/EP.2021.81.42.003

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Ryzhankova, L.N., Argal, E.S. & Savitskaya, M.T. Hydraulic Structures Considered as a Basis for Improving the Quality of Life on the Example of the Moscow Region. Power Technol Eng 55, 534–539 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-021-01393-1

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