Methodological approaches to the study of development of the region from the perspective of new economic and theoretical geography

Abstract

This study offers a view on the ideas of new economic geography from the theoretical geography perspectives. It represents the analysis of the models of theoretical geography in their sequential order from the point of view of modern understanding of spatial structure of the region. A common factor for classical models is revealed. The new economic geography approaches are used to identify the patterns of economic development of the region in the modern market economy in Russia.