РОЛЬ УРБАНІЗАЦІЇ ТА РУРАЛІЗАЦІЇ В ІНКЛЮЗИВНОМУ РОЗВИТКУ СІЛЬСЬКО-МІСЬКИХ АГЛОМЕРАЦІЙ УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

As a result of the reform of the territorial organization of society in Ukraine, united territorial communities (UTC) and new districts identified as rural-urban agglomerations were formed. In this regard, there was a need to clarify the essence of this socio-spatial phenomenon, to determine its place in the system of social relations and in the solution of urgent socio-economic problems related to overcoming significant differences between the town and the countryside, of disparities in the development of regions. The article substantiates the need to determine the degree of dependence of the development of rural-urban agglomerations of Ukraine on the basis of inclusiveness from the impact on this process of urbanization and ruralization. In order to achieve this goal, the task was formulated ‒ to identify UTC and districts as rural-urban agglomeration formations; reveal the essence of socio-spatial inclusiveness; to find out the development trends of these agglomerations under the influence of urbanization and ruralization. The methodological basis of the study is the fundamental and latest works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists on various aspects of inclusive development, the nature of agglomerations, and modern trends in the manifestation of urbanization and ruralization. The research was carried out using of interdisciplinary, systemic and institutional approaches, comparative, statistical methods, as well as methods of SWOT-analysis, deduction and induction, analysis and synthesis. The scientific novelty of the study consists in substantiating the position regarding the dependence of the inclusive development of rural-urban agglomerations on the influence of urbanization and ruralization. Taking into account the manifestation within the spatial boundaries of these agglomeration formations of urbanization and ruralization allowed us to carry out the appropriate typology of UTC and districts, classification according to urban and rural features of the regions of Ukraine. According to the results of the research, certain generalizations were made, practical recommendations were given, the use of which is appropriate in the conditions of the post-war recovery of Ukraine on the basis of inclusiveness. It is noted that their implementation as best as possible will require the continuation of scientific research in the specified direction.