Territorial Administration Research Articles

Software in the field of information and analytical support for territorial management: a methodological approach to assessment

The article considers the approach to software evaluation, which is used for information and analytical support of the territorial administration. It is proposed to use a computational procedure based on determining the correspondence of the functional completeness particular alternative to a reference sample. A set of parameters has been formed that needs to be taken into account to select a specific information technology solution for the intended purpose. The proposed tools can be adapted to compare software systems for other purposes.

From a Line on Paper to a Line in Physical Reality: Joint state-building at the Chinese-Vietnamese border, 1954–1957

AbstractThis article studies the collaboration between the Chinese and Vietnamese communists in the socialist transformation of their shared borderlands after the First Indochina War. It both complicates and clarifies the volatile bilateral relationship between the two emerging communist states as they solidified their power in the 1950s. Departing from traditional narratives of Sino-Vietnamese relations which focus on wars and conflicts, this article examines how the timely convergence of Cold War and state expansion transformed the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands from 1954 to 1957. Using both Chinese and Vietnamese archival sources, it contends that the Chinese and Vietnamese communists pursued two interrelated goals in carrying out the political projects at the territorial limits of their countries. First, they wanted to build an inward-looking economy and society at the respective borders by consolidating the national administration of territory. Second, they wanted to impose a contrived Cold War comradeship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) in place of the organic interdependence of people within the borderlands that had existed in the area for centuries. The Sino-Vietnamese border, therefore, was the focus of joint state-building by the two communist governments, which made the cross-border movement of people and goods more visible, manipulable, and, more importantly, taxable.

The Quest for Identity and Self-Determination in the SNNP Region of Ethiopia

The rich ethnic diversity in the SNNP region is being managed by different mechanisms of constitutional, institutional, and political practice. Yet, this has not been able to contain new questions of identity, not only seeking for recognition as a distinct ethnic group, but also a desire to establish ethnic territorial administrations. Moreover, ethnic groups that are already recognized are also laying claims to various self-determination rights, inter alia , to territorial autonomy, equitable participation, and the redrawing of internal (ethnic) boundaries. Based on legal analysis of cases from the SNNP region, the article critically discusses the quest for identity and self-determination, and provides an overview of the experience of the region. In dealing with the existing dilemma, we argue that there is a need to maintain the balance between constitutional rights to identity recognition and self-determination with the threat of ethnic and territorial fragmentations. Key terms Identity · Self-determination · Federalism · Ethnic groups · SNNP region

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THE CONCEPT OF AGRICULTURAL DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS WITH DEFINITION OF ZONE SPECIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION RА In Agrarian sector of Armenia the issue of the territorial organization of an economy should be discussed on the basis of the concept about division into districts. Hence in the current contribution special attention is given to discussion and estimation of the approaches, referring such concepts, as "specialization", "territorial administration", "adaptive-landscape approach", "vertically - landscape zones". Moreover on the basis of territorially - branch division of labor there is a necessity more proved placing and natural deepening of specialization of manufacture of an agricultural zone. In this context during the Soviet period of development of Agrarian sector under different schemes nature - agricultural division into districts the agro-industrial estimation of all territory of the republic has been given. During this period as system-design units have been accepted uniformity of vertical landscape zones and law of transitions. However in Agrarian activity, in connection with high level of state intervention, the principle of the proved distribution of branches and sub-sectors which corresponded to agricultural zones of the republic was broken. In a market economy, the absolutization of land ownership began to interfere with this. For changing the situation it is necessary to develop corresponding territorial Agrarian policy.

Orientalism in the System of Dutch Colonial Administration (a Comparative Analysis of Russian Sources of Personal Origin and Works of Dutch Artistic Literature in the Second Half of the 19th — early 20th Century)

Dutch possessions in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries are described in the article. The core components of the mechanism of indirect administration of overseas territories are identified based on the memoirs written by Princess Olga A. Shcherbatova, Modest M. Bakunin, Russian consul in Batavia, botanist Vladimir M. Arnoldi (they all visited Java) as well as on famous works of Dutch artistic literature. The author shows the role of the Orientalism — a certain system of views with number of important distinctive features in Dutch colonial policy in this region — in successful implementation of the imperial plans for the mother country in Dutch India.

De procureur-generaal bij het Parlement van Vlaanderen

Summary Defending the King’s rights and affirming the sovereign authority was the important part of the activity of Ladislas de Baralle.fn1Dit artikel is vertaald en waar nodig bewerkt door prof.mr. Paul Nève. He worked tirelessly to manage the administration of the new territories of the French Crown and ensured their conservation. It intervened judicially and politically thanks to his conclusions given in trials affecting kingdom’s land and revenues but also by relaying the injunctions sent by the monarch. He definitely ensured respect for the authority of the King in the Northern provinces. Through his conclusions, he participated in Louis XIV’s alignment policy by transmitting and requesting the application of royal measures. Baralle also preserved the superiority of royal justice: the analysis of the archives carried out that the general-procurator fought against the claims of ecclesiastical and seigniorial courts against the royal authority. As the king’s man, the procurator-general appeared as a guide for the Flanders’ Parlement which was the symbol of royal sovereignty. Consequently, his role was quite different from that of his counterparts since he regularly asked the councillors to impose the authority of the court within the province.

Опыт картографирования социокультурной рубежности в Крыму

The article deals with the essence of socio-cultural boundaries in a multiethnic region. Socio-cultural boundaries are presented by the authors as a marker of the mental unique character of the territory for those who live within it, and a likely source of interethnic tensions. In the conditions of the multiethnic region of Crimea, the probability of the existence of socio-cultural boundaries coincides with the nature of its administrative-territorial structure that arose after 2014. On the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, there appeared two subjects of administrative and territorial administration of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Crimea and the Federal city of Sevastopol. Similar bicentric division of Crimea existed during the period of the Ukrainian administrative-territorial ownership of the Peninsula, only the administrative-territorial subjects were called respectively the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Republican subordination Sevastopol. Geographically, both subjects have a common border, which runs through the territories of the Bakhchisarai municipal district of the Republic of Crimea, as well as the lands belonging to the Federal city of Sevastopol. The paper considers the possibility that the residents of the border territories of both subjects of the administrative-territorial structure of Crimea have mental differences in the awareness that they belong to different worlds: the urban one with a special political and geographical status in the case of Sevastopol and the rural — within one of the agrarian municipal territories of the Republic of Crimea. Does the artificially divided mentality mean that the inhabitants of the geographically united Crimean Peninsula have different ways of life, value orientations, and migration mobility? The proof of the existence of mental socio-cultural boundaries has been presented by the authors on the basis of a survey of rural residents living in 12 border villages of the Sevastopol region and the Bakhchisarai municipal district of the Republic of Crimea. The original maps of the results of the survey of rural residents within the Crimean administrative border have been constructed. The cartographic markers to define the values of residents of the border villages have been determined, which allows to establish the degree of manifestation of the socio-cultural boundaries between Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea.

Об одном методе принятия управленческих решений в рыночных стратегиях продвижения бренда операторами мобильной связи (продолжение)

The quartet of the largest federal players in a completely mature mobile commerce market created a unique situation of the classical oligopoly in the face of imperfect competition, which put the domestic antitrust authority in a difficult position. Although the appearance of reliable competition requires a reduction in the financial success of each member of this strategic group, a kind of quadriga, in particular a decrease in marginal service revenue, a decrease in the growth rate of net profit, the reality of cartel conspiracy, especially in terms of price and tariff formation for a range of services mobile communications, of harmonization of non-price instruments, more and more becomes convex and tangible. And the extremely high indicators and characteristics of market concentration and tension for the oligopoly structure of mobile operators can become the source material of the case study for analysts of the territorial administrations of the FAS RF. Continuing his article, the author pays special attention to the construction and testing of a statistical model for analyzing the revenue from advertising activity of oligopolistic quartet participants in the mobile communications market.

Institutes of territorial administration of Ukraine: decentralization reform problem

Institutes of territorial administration of Ukraine: decentralization reform problem

The Applicability of the Law of Occupation to UN Administration of Foreign Territory

This contribution seeks to critically examine the UN position with respect to the legal status of the administration of territory by UN-authorised actors. The essay first explores whether the law of occupation applies to direct administration of foreign territory by the UN or its authorized organs. It then examines as a case study the practice of the UN administration of Kosovo. The essay argues that unfettered discretion for civil servants, even international civil servants, undermines the functionality of any administration. Embracing the discipline of accountability embedded in the law of occupation to UN-led administration of territories is therefore required. This discussion provides the grounding for the argument that as a matter of both lex lata and lex ferenda any administration of territories without a valid sovereign consent, even when exercised by the UN, qualifies as an occupation, and is hence subject to the requirements of law of occupation.

Development of Agglomerations as a Principle of Territorial Management (On the Example of the Moscow Region)

During the development of humankind, there were settlements based on which states were formed. Some of the settlements were transformed into cities, the pace of development of which led to the creation of territorial associations connected by a single center of development — urban agglomerations. Relying on the world and domestic experience in the development of agglomerations, it follows that they are a new kind of territorial development. They have become a new challenge in the context of the development of the economies of individual cities, where the main jobs were concentrated, and their creation — a valuable resource for improving transport infrastructure and economic stability. In the last ten years, this trend has become widespread in the Russian Federation within Moscow and the Moscow region as regions interconnected in terms of economic, social and labour resources, as well as geographical location, which caused changes in the urban policy of the two regions. To date, the study of urban agglomerations is particularly relevant, as there is a crucial stage in the formation of a new territorial division, in which the realities of life interact with the experience of urban planning and territorial administration. The article considers the concept of “urban agglomerations”, the definition and the order of its formation; analysed the possibilities of implementing “agglomerations” as a new kind of urban planning policy; also analysed the development of Moscow region in the period from 2011 till our days with further planning until 2025.

Decentralized pricing management in housing and municipal economy

Actuality of research theme. The process of Ukraine's integration into the European Community actualizes the issue of the compliance of the administrative and territorial structure with European principles of regional and local development organization, and the formation of local self-government. Nowadays the problem of developing an effective system of management of the infrastructure united territorial communities (UTCs) formation in the context of administrative and territorial reform implementation based on the principles of decentralization becomes especially acute. Problem statement. Nowadays conditions, the reform of the administrative-territorial structure and the decentralization of power in Ukraine require special attention to the problem of housing and communal services management, since its maintenance is ensured by local authorities and created in the process of reforming the united territorial communities (OTСs). Analysis of the last researches and publications. The modern aspects of decision of problems of development of territorial communities and local self-government such scientists engage in, as Pavliuk A. P., Oliinyk D. I., Batalov O. A., Datsko O. I., Murkovych L. L., Molodozhen Yu. B.and other [1-4]. The results of own researches of problem are in to [5-13]. Selection of unexplored parts of general issue. The new administrative and territorial system should become the basis for constructing a new model of territorial administration, based on the principles of decentralization, subsidiarity, balance of national interests with regional and territorial communities` interests representation, local self-governance widespread, territorial communities` power and autonomy, coherence with natural geographical capacity. That is why the problem of mechanism for managing regional housing and communal services programs and to determine the optimal pricing models taking into account world experience. Task statement, research aim. To search for new mechanisms of efficient pricing management in housing and utilities using world experience and peculiarities of domestic business practices. Method or methodology of realization of research. In the process of realization researches drawn on scientific (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analytical grouping) and special (abstracting, economical-mathematical design, etc.) methods of study of the economic phenomena and processes. Exposition of basic material (job performances). In the world practice certain methods of pricing under natural monopoly were formed. The analysis of the essence and peculiarities of these methods to adopt the best practices: а) Rate of return regulation. This is the most traditional approach to set price of goods (services) of natural monopolies. It is based on cost-plus pricing calculation. It is used in Ukraine. b) Price cap regulation (price restrictions). The method`s essence is to set fixed maximum price limitations by the regulatory institution. The institution has the right to set the price, which is lower or equals the limit, and to profit. As the profit does not correlate to costs, there is the stimulating mechanism to cut them. The model assumes quite a long period between tariff revisions – 4-5 years. c) Profit-sharing plan with sliding scale. Unlike the previous method, in which natural monopoly gains significant profits, this method assumes to use the sliding scale of profit distribution between a producer and a consumer. d) Price discrimination. Price discrimination is a pricing strategy that charges customers or their groups’ different prices for the same product or service. Price difference does not depend on production costs or supply costs. Price discrimination is possible if consumers` direct price elasticity of demand is different. Conclusions. The analysis of the natural monopoly`s world pricing practice, including national housing and utilities sector has been carried out. It has been stated that the main methods of monopolistic pricing are: rate of return regulation; price cap regulation (price restrictions); profit-sharing plan with sliding scale; price discrimination; multi-rate tariffs; pricing for different competition forms, compatible with natural monopoly.The obtained findings prove the necessity of modification to the housing and utilities sector’s monopoly market by implementation of competition elements.

Logic of interrelation of indicators and generated estimates in information-analytical system of economic integrated structures (clusters)

The formation of national economic clusters, considered today as one of the important ways to promote the economic growth and intensification requires not only the expressed interest of the subjects of clustering (top management of companies, territorial administrations, etc.). It is also important here is the degree of applicability of the conceptual and instrumental base of these processes for the Russian conditions. Data collection, its grouping, analysis, and further use in cluster management should be based on the logic, which is reasonable and transparent for managers. This logic should organically include the specifics of the interrelations within the system of indicators of the state of clusters, and then - the essence of the estimates formed on this basis. The proposed article is devoted to the reflection of the author view on the solution of these issues.

Skład osobowy i organizacja pracy Komisji Porządkowej Województwa Lubelskiego doby insurekcji kościuszkowskiej

Celem artykułu jest analiza form organizacyjnych oraz składu personalnego Komisji Porządkowej Województwa Lubelskiego, która stanowiła instytucję administracji terytorialnej władz insurekcji kościuszkowskiej w 1794 r. Wskazuje na okoliczności przystąpienia Lubelskiego do aktu powstania, panujące wówczas nastroje społeczne i polityczne, różnice postaw, co jest szczególnie istotne w kontekście zaangażowania w prace komisji porządkowej przedstawicieli stanu trzeciego. Ważnym elementem było ustalenie, w jaki sposób zmiany zachodzące w powstańczej administracji centralnej rzutowały na funkcjonowanie instytucji lokalnej. Przeprowadzone badania pozwoliły na określenie rozwiązań stosowanych przez komisarzy w obliczu kilkukrotnego zajmowania Lublina przez wojska rosyjskie i austriackie.

К ВОПРОСУ О СОВРЕМЕННОМ СОСТОЯНИИ ПОПУЛЯЦИОННОЙ СТРУКТУРЫ СЕРЕБРЯНОГО КАРАСЯ (CARASSIUS AURATUS GIBELIO BLOCH, 1783) И ПРОГНОЗИРОВАНИИ ЕГО ПРОМЫСЛОВОГО ЗАПАСА В РАЗЛИЧНЫХ ГРУППАХ АЗОВСКИХ ЛИМАНОВ

The article presents the results of long-term studies focusing on the population structure, seasonal distribution, migration and other characteristics of the populations of silver carp ( Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch, 1783) in the Azov estuaries. Taking into account the analysis of long-term statistical data of the Azov-Black Sea Territorial Administration of the Federal Fisheries Agency, as well as the results of the proper research on the 161st water body with a total area of more than 62.000 hectares, the commercial catch indices of Prussian carp for 2010-2016 are displayed. Estimation of fish abundance was carried out by direct accounting method based on the results of control fishing in estuaries with various fishing gears, taking into account their catch coefficient. The dynamics of stock indicators, recommended catch level and production of Prussian carp in the Azov estuaries for 2010-2016 has been traced. The main reasons affecting the state of stocks and effective development of the recommended catch of Prussian carp have been analyzed. In order to optimize and increase the efficiency of the fishing organizations of the Krasnodar Territory, Prussian carp stocks and the volumes of its recommended catch in various groups of Azov estuaries were calculated, forecasted indicators for its production for 2018 were given. It has been stated that in connection with a rather high total stock of the population, in the near future Prussian carp will remain the dominant component of the ichthyofauna of the Azov estuaries with the main fishing part concentrated in the Akhtarsk-Griven and the Chernoerkovsk-Sladkov groups of estuaries.

MECHANISMS OF ACTIVIZATION OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INTERNAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION

The process of reproduction of human capital at the regional level requires the development and implementation of a special set of mechanisms and instruments of territorial administration, adapted to the conditions of functioning and development of regional economic systems. The article substantiates the mechanisms for activating the economic relations of reproduction of the region’s internal resources. The process of reproduction of human capital has been highlighted as a priority area of regional economic policy. The target direction of financial and investment support for the process of generating human capital has been identified. The dynamic management of the interests of the subjects of the human capital reproduction process has been determined. The priority of institutional tools to revitalize the internal resources of the region has been defined.

Tipos de actividades educativas para la formación de un estilo de vida saludable.

El artículo enumera las tareas de las actividades de preservación de la salud, consagradas en los actos reglamentarios y legales modernos que regulan las actividades de los docentes, así como las principales formas de implementación de esta actividad llevadas a cabo por docentes en ejercicio de la Administración Pública Autónoma Municipal de Perm y su territorio, así como estudiantes pedagógicos voluntarios de la Universidad Nacional de Investigación del Estado de Perm.

Building national and local capacity for disaster risk management in Cameroon

PurposeA new framework to support the national and local capacity building plan for disaster risk management (DRM) in Cameroon is presented. For the past 30 years, after the general re-organisation of the civil protection department, capacity building programmes for DRM has been solely carried out for and by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and the Department of Civil Protection. The exclusion of businesses, civil society and community participation, among others, has been the main obstacle to capacity building programmes undertaken for DRM. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachBased on interviews conducted among 200 informants by means of a process of participatory monitoring and evaluation as well as a duo capacity building workshop for DRM held in August 2017 in Yaoundé, this paper evaluated existing capacity building programmes for DRM in Cameroon.FindingsFindings show that the greater portion of government representatives within the public administration lack capacity to address DRM initiatives at the local and national levels of governance. While recommending DRM programmes as a necessity for integration within civil administrative curriculum, this paper proposes six elements to address capacity building gaps for DRM in Cameroon.Originality/valueThe results demonstrate critical gaps in capacity building aimed at DRM, especially where single ministry or department monopolises DRM. The findings provide the government with a useful tool to review its national strategy for a disaster reduction policy and the drawing up of a national intervention plan.

Pozycja i rola wojewody w systemie decydowania publicznego w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej w latach 1919–1928 w kontekście tworzenia struktur administracji terytorialnej

The position and the role of the province governor in the system of public deciding in the period of the Second Polish Republic in the years 1919–1928 in the context of creating structures of the territorial administration The aim of the article is to analyze the position and role of the voivode in the public decision-making process of the Second Polish Republic, in the context of creating administrative structures. This is an important issue due to the spectacular and impressive rate of development of the political model of the territorial admini­stration in Poland after the First World War.

Balancing between dissent and conformity: Estonian self-administration under German occupation, 1941–1944

When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, it also conquered the territory of Estonia by the end of the year. The German occupation administration of the new territories ruled by the Germans needed the help of local residents everywhere. For this purpose, a semi-autonomous (or quasi-autonomous) Estonian Self-Administration was established. Similar administrative bodies were established in Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus as well. Based on previous studies, it is known that the Estonian Self-Administration worked closely with the German occupation administration. Thus, it is partially responsible for crimes committed in the name of the national socialist ideology in Estonia. It is clear that the Estonian members of the organization were German-minded and at least accepted the German rule for the time being. Otherwise, they would not have been able to join the Self-Administration. However, in previous studies, little attention has been paid to how Estonians tried to balance the interests of Germany and Estonia. Based on the preserved archival material, it seems that the Estonian actors also tried to promote the national interests of the Estonians while cooperating with the Germans and working for them. The article is mainly based on the materials of the German Security Police and other German and Estonian archival material. In addition, the presentation analyzes how the Estonians who worked in the organization later described their wartime activities in their memoirs.