Abstract
This article describes the study of existence of the relationship between individual factors of sustainable development from a qualitative point of view. It is revealed that new essential characteristics of the “middle class”, connected with sustainable development, are being formed. This makes it necessary to display them by introducing a new concept of “creative middle class”. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between improving the environment, the quality of life of the population, the processes of formation of a creative middle class and the results of socio-economic policies to ensure sustainable development of the territory. This study was conducted on the basis of a semi-formalized mass interview. Sustainability is considered for two regions of Siberia (Kemerovo and Tomsk regions), which differ in the specialization of economies: the mining region and the innovation region. In the RIA rating of the Russian regions on the quality of life, these regions, despite the different specialization of economies, occupy fairly close positions, being in the middle of the rating table. The hypothesis regarding the role of the creative middle class as the main subject and the main driver of socio- economic transformations for ensuring the sustainable development of the region in the long term and improving the quality of life of the population has been partially confirmed. This can be explained by the fact that the process of forming a creative middle class is at the initial stage. Manifestations of innovative features in the economic and social activity of the subjective middle class in the Tomsk region were not identified.
Highlights
Studies of single-industry mining territories functioning allow us to conclude that material well-being, despite its importance, is not a key factor determining a person’s satisfaction with life [1,2]
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between improving the quality of life of the population, the processes of formation of the creative middle class and the results of socio-economic policies to ensure sustainable development of the territory
In terms of the total number of respondents, the creative middle class was about 53-56%
Summary
Studies of single-industry mining territories functioning allow us to conclude that material well-being, despite its importance, is not a key factor determining a person’s satisfaction with life [1,2]. The rating of the conditional index of happiness, carried out by the NewsEffector Monitoring Agency in conjunction with the Regions of Russia Regional Research Fund, for the 100 largest Russian cities, among which 11 were single-industry municipalities, revealed the following trend: 9 from of 11 single-industry towns were in the second half of the rating. It should be noted that shifting the emphasis in the study of complex socio-economic systems only to qualitative factors does not allow getting the correct idea of the results and prospects of socio-economic development of the region. Focusing attention only on subjective assessments does not allow getting an adequate idea of the processes of sustainable functioning of countries and regions
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