The Role of Transport Infrastructure in Environmental Development of PDAs

Abstract

AbstractResearch on environmentally sustainable development of territories in Russia have a clear social and economic color, which is distinguished by the lack of understanding and application of the relevant tools in government programs. The heterogeneity of the social and economic situation of the country's territories requires personalization of approaches. According to the Strategy for Spatial Development of Russia, 4 types of territories of priority development are distinguished: exclaves, the North Caucasus, the Far East and the Arctic. The article is devoted to the investigation of the relationship between the level of social and economic development and the level of development of the transport infrastructure of these territories, as well as a comparison of the level of development of the transport infrastructure of priority regions with similar averages for the country. The highest correlation was found between the GRP and the total length of public roads. An analysis of studies in the field of the impact of the growth in the length of roads on the economy helped to single out a decrease in the cost of production, an increase in direct investment and tax revenues. This study did not examine the differentiated study of the impact of road, rail and air traffic development, but noted their substitutive effect.KeywordsEnvironmental developmentEcological situationPriority development areas