Regional Habitat as a Factor of the Human Capital Assets Development in Russian Regions

The article proposes a comprehensive approach to the study of interaction between the regional habitat and the human capital assets development. Principles and methodological approaches to the analysis of regional habitat regulation as a factor in the human capital assets development are emphasized. In the first approximation, the impact of the habitat on the human capital assets development is proposed to be evaluated through the analysis of changes in the key indicators of the environment and public health. The results of the analysis of changes in the statistical indicators of the environment and public health in the regions of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation for the period 2010-2015 are presented, which showed the negative impact of the environment on public health as one of the components of human capital assets. The necessity of taking appropriate measures in the field of ecologization at various levels of management is substantiated.