Типичные проблемы развития социальной инфраструктуры малого города в современных российских условиях

Abstract

the quality of life of the population of the municipality depends on the level of development of social infrastructure facilities. The purpose of the article is to develop recommendations for the development of the social infrastructure of a small town based on an analysis of the activities of local governments in the urban settlement of Balabanovo, Kaluga region. In the course of the study, both general theoretical methods (analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization) and empirical methods (document analysis, content analysis, questionnaire survey) were used. As a result of the study, the key problems of the development of the social infrastructure of a typical small town were identified: lack of the necessary specialists; training in two shifts, insufficient number of specialized classes in educational institutions; insufficient number of sports and cultural infrastructure facilities and their poor material equipment. In order to resolve the identified problems, recommendations were developed to local authorities on the modernization of the city’s social infrastructure.