Zabortseva, Tatiana2016-11-172016-11-172011Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 30 (2), 2011, pp. 81-86978-83-62662-62-30137-477Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/15579In the administrative division of Russia, the Baikal region is traditionally considered as embracing three parts: the Irkutsk oblast’, the Republic of Buryatia, and Zabaikalsky Kray. Its area is three times larger than that of France (1.6 million km²), but its population size and density are typical of “the Siberian depth of the country” (4.6 million people, under 3 persons/km²). One of the most important global features of a part of this region – the Baikal Natural Territory – is to ensure the preservation of Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site. A strategy of environmentally oriented land use determines an adequate level of development of ecological infrastructure and its most important sector – environmental protection infrastructure (EPI). The article presents an analysis of the current infrastructure for managing solid waste, and proposes a forecast scenario of its development with the use of the gravity model in the EPI sector involving recycling collection points.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessterritorial organisationenvironmental protection infrastructuregravity modelBaikal regionArtykuł