Economic Niche Research Articles

Formation of a marketing strategy for regional tourism development

Currently serving as the backbone of numerous national economies, the tourism industry occupies a substantial economic niche and is a rapidly evolving and promising sector. However, it is not immune to the uncertainties of the economic environment. To address the challenges and foster the industry's growth, it is imperative to employ comprehensive marketing tools and strategies in regional tourism development. The publication's purpose is to research and analyze the theoretical and methodological aspects of forming a marketing strategy for the regional development of tourism. The article examines the peculiarities of forming a marketing strategy for the regional development of tourism. The categorical apparatus "strategy" and "marketing strategy" are defined and researched marketing tools in tourism at the regional level. Grounded marketing concepts: management concept, promotion technology, functional direction. The role of marketing in the tourism industry is indicated, and attention is paid to the fact that the strategic goals of regional management require a marketing approach. The requirements for the marketing strategy are determined, the system of indicators for evaluating the results of the strategy implementation at the regional level, and indicators of the regional effectiveness of marketing activities. Tourism activities are implemented in a competitive market environment where specific economic laws and market relations apply. Numerous external and internal factors currently affect the development of the tourism industry. Marketing tourism policy is aimed at increasing the level of competitiveness. To remain competitive, it is necessary to introduce innovations and develop new marketing strategies. Keywords: strategy, marketing, marketing strategy, region, competitiveness, innovation.

PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND HUMOR - PERSPECTIVE OF POTENTIAL CONSUMERS

In today’s age, the average consumer is too exposed to marketing materials to pay attention to each one, and billboards can be an expensive investment for companies and can easily go unnoticed. The average consumer uses tools that would reduce his exposure to advertising materials, but the results of this research indicate that even though consumers are overexposed to advertisements, they still believe that humor on billboards is not present enough and that they would like to see it more precisely for the reason that research has shown that the use of humor is rated as likable by consumers. Starting from the basic definition that humor is a form of communication whose goal is to make the interlocutors laugh and cheer up, the aim of this paper was to investigate the opinion of different publics about humorous billboard advertising solutions and to determine the connection between the use of humor as a tool in billboard advertising, the intention to purchase the advertised product /services and raising awareness about the organization and the advertised product/service. The chosen research method is a survey, and it was conducted with an online survey questionnaire, which enabled the quick and easy collection of a larger number of respondents needed for the implementation of the research task. A wide and heterogeneous sample enabled an insight into the opinions of different members of the population, given that they are all exposed to the advertising (humorous) appeal that is the subject of this research. The obtained results indicated a positive effect of using humor in advertising through billboards, more precisely in increasing the visibility of the brand, i.e. the memory of the advertised product, as well as a generally positive opinion about the use of humor in advertising. Most of the respondents confirmed that humor is a good method of attracting their attention and that they like the humorous approach to advertising through billboards. What are the humor preferences of different groups of people, what is the correlation between humorous advertising and brand building, what type of humor attracts the most attention for a certain brand or economic niche, are just some of the possible research topics and directions. Considering the few and scarce literature in this area, the results of this and similar research can bring useful and practical guidelines to professionals in practice for more precise and effective management of advertising campaigns in the future, and to the scientific community a better understanding of the phenomenon of consumer thinking, i.e. a clearer insight into the connection messages and consumer behaviors of the product or service. This work was created as part of the research for the diploma thesis at the university graduate study of Communication Studies, student Ivona Marenić at the Catholic University of Croatia, 2023.

A framework of Economic-Social-Natural sustainability evaluation based on multidimensional land-use ecological niche theory: Evidence in Shendong CEBs, China

Coal-electricity base cities (CEBs) are coal-based electric energy centralized and sustained production and output cities built following China’s strategic energy layout, in regions with abundant coal resources, and by the integrated coal-electricity production model. However, CEBs are mainly located in the ecologically fragile area, and coal mining activities and anthropogenic pressures caused a series of land ecological effects such as dramatic land resources change, the alleviation of land supply and demand conflict, and land damage surrounding mining area. Currently, there is not enough research on land use in CEBs, and less attention has been paid to variation ecological system response. Aiming at this problem, the research constructed a modeling framework for evaluating the spatial and temporal evolution of land use characteristics and ecological response of CEBs land use from the perspective of “Economic-Social-Natural” by adopting methods of land transfer matrix, cluster analysis, ecological niche theory, and center of gravity model. Shendong mining area was accordingly chosen as the research region to explore the multidimensional land use dynamic evolution by bringing into the evaluating framework. Therefore, the Shendong area was accordingly chosen as the research region, and land is used as the spatial carrier to explore the evaluation effect of the model framework. The result showed that grassland played a considerable role in the procedure of land transformation with the greatest utilization degree, followed by cultivated land and used land. For ecological niche, mining land and water area dominated the core economic niche, mining land, and construction land occupied the social niche, mining land controlled mostly natural niche and comprehensive niche value. In terms of ecologically integrated and comprehensive quantitative evaluation response, the production functional area, living functional area, and ecological functional area of CEBs were also quantitatively depicted and evaluated. Ecological management should focus on the downtown area of Shenmu and optimize land use patterns by increasing vegetation cover. This study combines different types of indicators to derive regional differences in ecological niches, providing an assessment method for decision makers and stakeholders to optimize land use structure and improve the ecological benefits of CEBs.

Entrepreneurship of Bukharan Jews during Economic Modernization of Central Asia in the Early XX Century: Yusuf Davydov Trading House

In the early XX century, Turkestan represented a remarkable model of economic modernization. Russian commercial banks and the local bourgeoisie welcomed the economic integration of the Central Asian periphery into the Russian Empire. Bukharan Jews had found their economic niche by the 1860s: they traded in cotton and acted as intermediaries between Turkestan cotton producers and Russian textile workers. However, the segregationist policy in the regional industry prohibited them to establish trading houses and, therefore, restricted their ability to obtain bank loans. Eventually, the liberal economic policy initiated by Prime Minister Sergei Yu. Witte facilitated the reorganization of Bukharan-Jewish enterprises. The patriarchal family businesses turned into modern trading and industrial companies, e.g., the Davydov Trading House, the Vadyaev Brothers, etc. The National Bank and the Russian Commercial Bank opened their outlets in the most important commercial and industrial centers of Turkestan, which was another important step towards economic modernization. This article focuses on the role of Russian commercial banks in the activities of Bukharan-Jewish business circles during the modernization of the Central Asian periphery of the Russian Empire in the early XX century. The Davydov Trading House was reorganized in 1906 and became a leader in the cotton trading market. It used the loans from Russian banks to build cotton ginning factories, breweries, and an internal network of seed-cotton suppliers. Unlike the Vadyaev Brothers, the Davidov family failed to create a stable family business model: in the summer of 1914, the Trading House and all its property were controlled by a committee board established by the major creditors from among the Russian commercial banks. In spite of the Great War, the board managed to save the Davydov Trading House from bankruptcy and modernized its operations.

Visa policies, migration industry and the ethnic entrepreneurship trap: the case of Nepalese restaurant businesses in Japan

Ethnic entrepreneurship can be an alternative economic strategy among immigrants whose labor market opportunities in the host society are hindered by language deficiency, institutional constraints or racial discrimination. However, it can also constrain migrants’ social economic mobility. This is especially likely when, with particular visa policies, ethnic business is appropriated as a channel for labor migration, trapping migrants in a narrow economic niche. Excessive concentration in one type of business leads to low road competition within the community and co-ethnic exploitation. This study uses the case of Nepalese immigrants’ restaurant businesses in Japan to illustrate this pitfall of ethnic entrepreneurship. It highlights the roles of the immigration regime and the migration industry in creating such a condition.

Microbial conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into the fine chemicals hydroxyectoine and ectoine

This study explores a novel conversion of CO2 into the chemicals hydroxyectoine and ectoine, which are compounds with high retail values in the pharmaceutical industry. Firstly, 11 species of microbes able to use CO2 and H2 and that have the genes for ectoines synthesis (ectABCD) were identified through literature search and genomic mining. Laboratory tests were then conducted to ascertain the capacity of these microbes to produce ectoines from CO2. Results showed that the most promising bacteria for CO2 to ectoines bioconversion areHydrogenovibrio marinus, Rhodococcus opacus, and Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii.Upon salinity and H2/CO2/O2 ratio optimization,H. marinus accumulated 85 mg of ectoine g biomass−1. Interestingly, R.opacusand H. schlegelii mainly produced hydroxyectoine (53 and 62 mg g biomass−1), which has a higher commercial value. Overall, these results constitute the first proof of a novel valorization platform of CO2 and lay the foundation for a new economic niche aimed at CO2 recircularization into pharmaceuticals.

Indian South Africans as a middleman minority: Historical and contemporary perspectives

Beginning in the 1940s, a literature on middleman minorities emerged to demystify the intermediary economic niche that Jews had occupied in medieval Europe. They were viewed as ethnic entrepreneurs occupying the economic status gap. In the 1960s, scholars began to apply middleman minority theory to colonial societies and to American society. More recently, Coloureds in South Africa have been identified as a middleman minority of another type: semi-privileged proletarians occupying an economic status gap in labour between whites and Africans. A political status gap between whites and Africans, both seeking alliances to achieve hegemony, is also occupied by Coloureds. Among South African Indians, one finds ethnic entrepreneurs: a small shopkeeping and trading class from South Asia. But there are also Indian semi-privileged proletarians who emerged from the indentured labour population in the early twentieth century. This article employs a historical institutional approach to analyse political tensions among Indians, and examines the cleavage between Indians and other races over political rights vis-a-vis the South African state. It also offers a typology contrasting ethnic entrepreneurs with semi-privileged proletarians in terms of the differing economic status gaps they occupy. Furthermore, it illustrates how Indians occupy a political status gap in a complex settler colonial society like South Africa.

Research on Niche Evaluation of Photovoltaic Agriculture in China.

To evaluate the ecological niche of China's photovoltaic agriculture, this paper firstly analyzed the composition of photovoltaic agriculture and constructed the ecosystem of photovoltaic agriculture. Then, we defined the concept of the ecological niche of photovoltaic agriculture, and based on this the preliminary niche evaluation index system was constructed. Further, redundant indicators in the preliminary index system were deleted based on the rough set theory, and the final niche evaluation index system was constructed. Finally, the ecological niche of photovoltaic agriculture was evaluated using the DANP method and cloud model. We found that the niche level of China's photovoltaic agriculture is between low and medium levels. Specifically, the level of resource niche is the highest, between medium and high levels; following is policy niche, near medium level; then is environmental niche, which is at a slightly lower medium level; the last three in turn are technology niche, social niche and economic niche. The technology should fully realize the synergistic effect of photovoltaic power generation and agricultural production, and the policy should play better environmental, social and economic functions on this basis to achieve a higher niche level of China's photovoltaic agriculture.

‘Uno di noi’: Conflict avoidance and resolution within the Italian Sinti community

This article explores the practice of autonomous lawmaking operating within the Italian Sinti community. More specifically, building on a case study collected during extensive ethnographic fieldwork, it proposes an analysis of the modalities of conflict avoidance, management and resolution used by those families involved in the economic niche of travelling show business. This study contributes to addressing the importance of these practices in maintaining a fair distribution of economic resources and territorial control, as well as avoiding tensions between families who recognize each other as equals in strength, values and morality. The enforcement of systems of governance that are autonomous (though not entirely disconnected) from those of the majority society, strengthens a perception of belonging to a separate community, consolidating a sense of unity in dispersion and solidarity in fragmentation. It also emphasises an ideological separation from the non-Sinti travellers who inhabit the carnival world, defining an ‘ethical’ divergence in ways of approaching the same business environment.

Evaluation of Ecological Niches for Economic-socio-natural Complex Ecosystem: A Literature Review

In the current context of globalization, the economy has moved from a high growth stage to a high-quality development stage. High quality economic development requires a sustainable relationship among economic growth, social development and ecological environment. Now, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 and the shrinking of international trade and investment, all countries in the world are facing major risks and challenges, especially some developing countries are facing serious difficulties in economic and social development. In this context, this paper combs the current situation from the three dimensions of economic niche, social niche and natural niche, in order to make suggestions for future development.

Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Economic-Social-Natural Ecological Niches and Their Coupling Coordination: Evidence From 11 Countries Along the Route

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) significantly contributes to the world economy. However, the central part of the Belt and Road (B&R) is located in fragile ecological zones that are arid, semi-arid, or sub-humid. Using the entropy method, the economic-social-natural ecological niches and their coupling coordination during 2007–2019 along B&R’s 11 countries were explored along with regional differences and spatiotemporal characteristics. The economic-social-natural ecological niches were low, with a fluctuating upward trend. Additionally, the average annual growth rate of the synthesis ecological niche dramatically improved after the BRI. Further, the BRI facilitated inter-country trade and promoted the economic ecological niche. However, the BRI marginally affected the social ecological position, possibly because the social ecological niche was high pre-BRI. The natural ecological niche showed a negative growth after the BRI. Further, the coupling coordination of economic-social ecological niche and natural ecological niche showed an upward trend, transforming from severe discoordination to advanced coordination. Although BRI promoted advanced coordination, it did not affect internal categories. Policy recommendations for sustainable development in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area were provided. This study can assist policymakers to balance economic-social development and environmental protection.

ЛАТИНСКАЯ АМЕРИКА ВО ВНЕШНЕЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ СТРАТЕГИИ ПОРТУГАЛИИ

The article deals with the current and insufficiently explored issue of Portugal's international relations with Latin American countries. It is shown that after a series of crises, the Portuguese economy managed to reach a growth trajectory, change the image of a European outsider and gain the authority in the world community. Special attention is paid to the current stage of structural modernization, the characteristic of which is the innovatization and digitalization of production processes, the development of high-tech industries. The ongoing changes have led to significant edits in the foreign economic strategy of the Portuguese authorities and the transition to an offensive export policy. The growth of the economy, the course towards its internationalization by supporting exports and expanding foreign economic relations have contributed to the intensification of cooperation with other regions of the world, including Latin American countries. It is noted that the Latin American direction is an important element of the foreign policy activities of the Portuguese authorities. Historically, Portugal's relations with the countries of the region have been built in different formats: at the bilateral level and through participation in regional and interregional groupings. In recent years, there has been an increase in the expansion of Portuguese business in Latin America. And although the process of trade development of Latin American markets faces objective difficulties and develops relatively slowly, the region is assigned the role of a promising partner of Portugal in the implementation of the strategy of export diversification, increasing the share of innovative products of high processing in it. It is emphasized that in every Latin American country, Portugal is trying (sometimes very effectively) to find its trade and economic niche. At the same time, Brazil has a special status in Portugal's relations with Latin American partners.

Interactions between Jews and Christians in Later Medieval Provence

Abstract This study uses an extensive body of archival evidence from Latin-Christian sources to explore economic and social interactions between Provençal Jews and Christians. Evidence discussed in section one indicates that the city’s Jewish and Christian communities interacted to a significant degree, and not just in the domain of moneylending. Data derived from a network analysis suggests that Jews were prominent in providing brokerage services. In the second section, analysis of a small sample of Jewish estate inventories indicates that the material profiles of Jewish and Christian families were very similar. In the third section, an analysis of a register of debt collection shows that Jews were involved in credit relations at a rate that was proportional to their population. Jewish moneylenders filled an economic niche by providing Christians with the liquidity to pay off structural debts generated by the political economy of rents and taxes.

. REGIONAL PALEOTURIES AS AN INTERACTIVE FORM OF LANDSCAPE KNOWLEDGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE GEOTURIST ROUTE «TERRA PODOLICA»

The publication highlights the regional conditions for the implementation of paleotours, as the basic components of the structure of the complex route "Terra Podolica", the territory of Podolsk Transnistria. The main features of paleotours on the basis of territorial locations with the characteristic of technical aspects of their realization are revealed. Leading fossils have been identified that can become regional paleobrends and can be used as a means of promoting geotourism. The conditions for effective implementation of paleotours in the regional recreational complex of the Podolsk region are established. The analysis of efficiency of perspective formats of development of geotourism on the basis of regional conditions is carried out.
 The development of geotourism in the Podolsk region has strong prerequisites: resource base, tourist flow and developed tourist infrastructure. At the same time, among the specialized forms, only the speleological direction is actively developing. Other geotourism components are limited to mentions or brief demonstrations of individual objects during sightseeing tours. Popularization of the direction is just beginning, and geotourism products are in the state of development and experimental testing. In particular, the paleontological direction, which has examples of successful implementation of abstract implementation (for example: dinosaur parks without reference to the region), using the resource capabilities of Podillya effective formats can become branded. The main theoretical aspects to be addressed are: focusing on particularly interesting regional fossils that can be interpreted as values ​​and reveal through their prism geological history, features of modern landscapes and, if possible, regional cultural and economic phenomena, selection of effective forms of interactive interaction and development on their basis of competitive tourist products, formation and equipment of locations for realization of tourist products, popularization of the direction and interest in its realization of local economic, educational and nature protection subjects.
 In middle Transnistria, the valley and river landscapes change markedly from west to east (or vice versa). The main reason for this is the differences in lithological structure, emphasized by the shape of the slopes, the color of the rocks and the height distribution of plant tiers. This in turn affects the configuration of settlements, patterns of location of buildings, architectural composition of buildings, distribution of farmland. In combination with historical traditions, unique landscape and cultural entities are formed, promising for the organization of thematic tours.
 The visual change of geological deposits in the region is due to the lithological features of the structure, especially the Domezozoic tier. It is clearly visible in river valleys and weakly expressed in watersheds. In general, each large tributary of the Dniester corresponds to an "individual" lithological complex. Its features are preserved along the meridional extension of the watercourse with bright local manifestations in areas of tectonic activity. The effect of contrast occurs when laying a route across river valleys, when passing the watershed, the observer falls into another "landscape reality"
 Paleontological tours are considered by the authors focused on increasing the tourist attractiveness of the region, attracting untapped resources, optimizing tourist products within specific locations, developing innovative areas and forms of tourism and interaction with local economic systems of united territorial communities. The specifics of the organization of paleotours allows you to create a new economic niche with a staffing offer for specialists in natural specialties.
 Key words: geotourism, paleotours, Podolia¢/

Перспективы эволюции формы общественной организации России в аспекте глобализации

The purpose of the article is to analyze the prospects for the socio-economic development of Russia. The work uses a culturalhistorical approach, applies methods of critical philosophical reflection and dialectical logic. The main attention is paid to considering the most acceptable form of social organization for Russia, following the traditional features of its historical evolution. The work focuses on the importance of fostering patriotic sentiments for the successful existence of the state and society. The logic of the research shows that at present the ideas of patriotism and liberalism are the main ideological constructs, on the approval of which not only the form of social organization, but also the possibility of the existence of an independent Russia largely depends. The author believes that there is no need for Russia to create a form of public organization in the likeness of Western countries. Russia can occupy a worthy economic niche, provided that there is a public organization in which national and personal interests are harmoniously combined, where there will be no exaggeration of the importance of private property, relative to state one.

Evolution of land use in coal-based cities based on the ecological niche theory: A case study in Shuozhou City, China

With the rapid development changes and the special land-use patterns, coal-based cities (CBCs) have faced many critical sustainability issues such as the effective use of land resources, the mitigation of land supply-demand contradictions. How does the development of CBCs in China affected local land-use changes and what status does each land type occupy? The relevant mechanisms are not clear. Shuozhou City, a typical growth CBC in China, was therefore selected as the research area to investigate the land use evolution by introducing the theory of land use ecological niche (LUEN). The dynamic changes of land use from 1990 to 2018 were analyzed, and cultivated land played a significant role in the process of land transformation with the highest utilization degree, followed by grassland and construction land. The cultivated land and mining land occupied the economic niche, construction land occupied the social niche, and forest land, grassland, and water area occupied the natural niche. From 2010 to 2015, construction land and mining land occupied the prevailing position of the land-use system. The substantial expansion and compression of the land use ecological niche in Shuozhou City were in the early stage of city development, and there was not a major change in the later stage. In general, the spatial distribution of land use ecological niche was in the east-west direction. Therefore, the production function zone, living function zone, and ecological function zone were delineated. The status, role, and function of land use type should be prioritized when developing land-use planning, considering the mechanisms of land-use change. Governments should actively break through the restrictions of coal resources mining on land use change while giving full play to the role of land resource assets in promoting sustainable development.

Placing Racial Triangulation, Triangulating Place and Race: Chinese Grocery Stores in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow Era

Chinese were first imported to the Mississippi Delta1 as the solution to the shortage of Black laborers and the maintenance of the plantation system after the Civil War. As foreigners and people of color, the Delta Chinese found the economic niche of grocery stores in the Jim Crow South. Simultaneously concentrated and scattered around the Delta region, these grocery stores served as multiscalar, multiracial, and multifunctional space triangulated between White and Black, not only as one of the most racially mingled spaces in the Jim Crow South but also as a space for self-mobilization and cultural preservation. By examining the Chinese experiences and Chinese grocery stores in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow Era through a multiscalar lens, this article attempts to incorporate space/place/scale2 into racial triangulation theory. Racial formation is both relational and spatial. Space/place/scale are not only axes of racialization but also constituted, produced, and transformed by historical, socioeconomic, and political processes of racialization and racial formation. The Chinese experience between Black and White exemplifies the power of human agency in rescaling the hegemony of White supremacy through the making of place and identity. This article also echoes with Black geographies and calls for the geographies of non-Whiteness that cross-examine multiracial relationships and advocate for cross-racial solidarity against racism and White supremacy.

Казахстанский транзит всистеме стратегии «Один пояс – один путь»

As part of the analysis of the modern transport strategy of the People’s Republic of China «One Belt - One Road», the prospects of transit opportunities of the Republic of Kazakhstan are considered in the context of regional interests of Central Asia. The questions of the inevitability of the transformation of world economic policy are touched upon. The growing role of East Asian countries in world trade, and with it the growth of political influence. The Republic of Kazakhstan will have to occupy the economic niche of a transit country, which means that transport projects will have to be developed along with it. Competition between the countries of the region for transit routes is growing, and with it the issue of political struggle and security will be acute. The relationship of transport communications and world trade with the development of regions. The implemented transport projects of Kazakhstan, cooperation within the framework of regional transport projects are considered. Formation of transit corridors, crossings, junctions and their importance in modern world politics. Interests of leading continental powers and their impact on stability and the need to ensure the uninterrupted movement of goods and services in the center of the Eurasian content. Problems of ensuring national security in the context of the struggle of transit interests of the countries of the studied region are considered.

Cygane: iz Belarusi v Sibir' (po dokumentam i materialam XVIII — pervoj poloviny XIX v.)

In the 14th — 15th century the Belarussian part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth became a center of ethnic minorities, among which Gypsies stood out. Until the first half of the 18th century, they enjoyed the patronage of the local magnates, thanks to which they got a lean system of self-government and were able to fill their own economic niche. In the 18th century, Gypsies of Belarus were forced to leave their traditional places of residence. As a result, they came to Walachia, Moldavia and Siberia. At the end of the 18th — early 19th century Romani had a mostly semi-nomadic lifestyle in Siberia, many of them settled in cities and engaged in trade and crafts. The present paper approaches the issues of the ethnic-dispersive Gypsies community setup in Siberia, the basis of which was laid by Belarusian Gypsies. The paper is written mainly based on archive material, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

Settlement Strategies of Caucasian Expatriate Communities in Volgograd Region: Final Third of the XXth Century – Early XXIst Century

The purpose of this article is to study the geographic and demographic dynamics and the main settlement strategies of the leading Caucasian expatriate communities of Volgograd region. The study has found that the accelerated demographic growth of Caucasian communities of the region in the last third of the 20th century and in the early 21st century was primarily determined not by its natural dynamics, but by the arrival of migrants. The educational and labor migration of people born in the Caucasus into the region in the 1950s – 1960s formed small ethnic groups consisting mainly of men and their significant part concentrated in cities. The main reasons for the accelerated growth of regional expatriate communities of the peoples of the Southern Caucasus at the end of the Soviet period became social, economic problems and the growth of interethnic tension in the republics of Transcaucasia. The same factors contributed to a rapid demographic growth of these communities in the 1990s. The central driver of the quantitative growth of the number of North Caucasian expatriate communities in the 1970s – 1980s was the development of livestock husbandry in arid rural areas of the region. This economic niche significantly changed the settlement parameters, social and demographic characteristics of the North Caucasian communities. With a rapid increase of the number of communities, their level of urbanization significantly reduced, but at the same time the gender imbalance changed. The early 21st century for the majority of the Caucasian expatriate communities in the region became a time of quantitative stabilization and optimization of the already existing settlement areas.