Toolkit for increasing the efficiency of land resource use in the territorial communities' management

Abstract

The article examines the main tools for achieving more efficient and sustainable use of land resources in managing territorial communities. The place of use of land resources in the management of territorial communities is analyzed. In this context, land resources are objects of the management of territorial communities, which include the territory, the air space above it, soils, vegetation, and natural resources that have material form and monetary value and can also potentially participate in the production of agricultural or industrial products, performing works, providing services, and bringing income to their owners in the form of land rent. It was emphasized that Ukraine is currently facing numerous problems caused by the war, particularly insufficient funding at the disposal of territorial communities, and therefore, the main goal is the most efficient use of all available resources, in particular land resources, to ensure development and increase their independence. Primarily financial, maximizing the potential of individual territories. The main tools for increasing the efficiency of the use of land resources in the management of territorial communities are identified the implementation of geo-information systems, economic mechanisms, land development, and zoning planning, the establishment of environmental standards, public involvement in the process of land resource management, and raising the level of awareness and education in the field of effective land use. Having analyzed the management of land resources in Ukraine, especially in the context of new territorial communities, it was noted the presence of several significant problems, in particular, such as: insufficiently defined boundaries of the territory of the community, restrictions on the use of land outside settlements, insufficient income to the local budget from land payments, limited possibility of making strategic plans due to lack of information about land resources, problems of land pollution, refusal to grant land to citizens, difficulties in attracting investors and business development in the territory of the community, underestimation and incorrect reservation of promising territories for development, low quality of maintenance of reclamation systems and problems with illegal use of forest resources. Keywords: land resources, management of land resources, territorial communities, efficiency of use of land resources, decentralization.