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Yerevan's chronic problems

Living dossiers on the city's persistent problems: origins, chronology, and how they connect.

Accountability by actor

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How the index is scored

A 100-point index — the geometric mean of four properties of the problem itself: harm (1–5) and reach (1–5), how serious the consequences are and how many people they touch; trajectory, whether it's worsening or easing; and entrenchment, how many years it has dragged on. The geometric mean stops any single strong axis from carrying the rest. How much we've documented is not part of the score — it's shown separately, as evidence strength.

  1. Waste collection truck on a Yerevan street
    1
    Air & ecologyPhoto: Palickap · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Waste & landfill

    Worseningwell-documented
    89
  2. Central Yerevan seen from Victory Park, May 2025, with the city under haze
    2
    Air & ecologyPhoto: Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0

    Air pollution

    Worseningwell-documented
    88
  3. Construction site on Ler Kamsari Street, Yerevan, June 2023
    3
    Built environment & heritagePhoto: Benoît Prieur · CC0 1.0

    Densification

    Worseningwell-documented
    79
  4. Pedestrian crossing on Tamanyan Street, Yerevan
    4
    MobilityPhoto: Benoît Prieur · CC0 1.0

    Pedestrian safety & crossings

    Activewell-documented
    78
  5. Traffic on Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan
    5
    MobilityPhoto: Armineaghayan · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Traffic & car dominance

    Worseningwell-documented
    77
  6. 6
    Greenery & climate

    Tree cutting

    Worseningdocumented
    73
  7. Yerevan City Hall
    7
    GovernancePhoto: Michal Gorski · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Master plan & city governance

    Activewell-documented
    70