Territorial Socio-economic Systems Research Articles

Systematization of the Sustainable Development Concept of Territorial Socio-economic Systems in the Context of Prospects for the Use of Renewable Energy

The issue of monitoring the achievement of the goals of sustainable development of territories is considered in relation to the modernization of the RF energy sector and commissioning of capacities based on renewable energy sources. A system of balanced indicators is recommended, which allows the formation of a transparent structure for implementation of the development strategy of a separate territory. A strategic map is proposed, on the basis of which the goals and corresponding indicators of the directions of its blocks were determined for the state and regional levels. The proper definition of sustainable development of territorial socio-economic systems (TSES) in the context of the prospects for the use of renewable energy is formulated. Future directions of research are mentioned, which include conducting econometric modeling to determine the impact of selected indicators on the sustainable development of TSES.

Методологические основы государствен- ного управления социальным развитием территориальных социально-экономических систем

Introduction: social development management of territories is a significant area of state policy, which is reflected in the key strategic federal and regional documents. Objectives: the authors propose a methodological approach to understanding the essence of “social development management” in relation to territorial socio-economic systems (region, municipality). Methods: general scientific methods of cognition, analysis of legal acts, statistical analysis. Results: the authors proposed a methodology for studying the social development management of territories (subject and object of management, control action, feedback, resource provision and management goal). The article defines the threats and directions for improving the system of state social development management. Conclusions: Within the methodology, social development management goal is to ensure the population access to social services in accordance with the individual needs and demands of the population in a particular territory. From structural point of view, the object of social development management is the population itself as a consumer of social services and a subsystem for the provision of social services (social sphere). In terms of process component, the object of social development management is the balance between supply and demand of suppliers and consumers of social services. Regarding public authority, the management mechanism is expressed in social policy and its tools implemented at the strategic, tactical and operational levels of management. The authors determined that the general vector of the country’s social development should correlate with the main task of the country’s national security –“preserving the Russia’s nation and developing human potential”; the state should form the institutional environment for the labor market and the social sphere to adapt to digitalization; the social development management mechanism should be proactive; when implementing social policy, it is necessary to take into account the trend towards individualization; in the context of limited budgetary resources, it is necessary to attract investors and other sources of financing the social services market.

Определение готовности территорий Арктической зоны к цифровизации строительной отрасли на основе рейтингования регионов Российской Федерации

The relevance of developing the construction sector in Russia stems from the imperative to 1) enhance productivity, 2) reduce costs and improve quality and safety, and 3) address future challenges such as climate change and economic diversification. This article assesses the readiness of regions for digitalizing the construction sector through a ranking system based on the geometric mean. Digitalization readiness in the construction industry is the current state of territorial socio-economic systems defined across four areas of development: the socio-economic domain, research and innovations,the digital sphere, and the industrial domain. The study aims to establish a regional ranking to assess digitalization readiness in the construction sector, with a specific focus on the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Regional specialization in construction-related economic activities is identified, revealing that the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) present opportunities for creating an industrial cluster. A benchmark ranking is proposed, indicating that the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) exhibit attractiveness for strategic initiatives aimed at digitalizing the construction industry.

Влияние пандемии COVID-19 на цифровизацию экономики арктических регионов России

The relevance of developing the construction sector in Russia stems from the imperative to 1) enhance productivity, 2) reduce costs and improve quality and safety, and 3) address future challenges such as climate change and economic diversification. This article assesses the readiness of regions for digitalizing the construction sector through a ranking system based on the geometric mean. Digitalization readiness in the construction industry is the current state of territorial socio-economic systems defined across four areas of development: the socio-economic domain, research and innovations, the digital sphere, and the industrial domain. The study aims to establish a regional ranking to assess digitalization readiness in the construction sector, with a specific focus on the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Regional specialization in construction-related economic activities is identified, revealing that the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) present opportunities for creating an industrial cluster. A benchmark ranking is proposed,indicating that the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) exhibit attractiveness for strategic initiatives aimed at digitalizing the construction industry.

Tool Development for Assessing the Strategic Development of Territorial Socio-Economic Systems for the Purposes of Energy Sector Digital Transformation

This article addresses the issue of implementing and assessing the readiness of territorial and economic systems for digital innovations in the energy industry. To achieve the goal of this research, qualitative and quantitative methods were used, including systemic and comparative analyses, a balanced scorecard (BSC), and statistical data collection and processing methods. The study resulted in a list of indicators for monitoring the readiness of the energy sector for digitization, based on which a balanced scorecard reflecting the readiness of the energy industry in countries and regional industrial complexes (RICs) was developed. A strategic map for assessing the level of readiness of the power industry for digitisation in countries and RICs was constructed using the indicator pool. The uniqueness and novelty of this study lie in the adaptation of a balanced scorecard system, aligned with a country’s or RIC’s development strategy, to determine indicators for assessing the readiness level of the considered entity for digitising the power industry. The authors establish an approach to the overall assessment and subsequent monitoring of the energy industry’s readiness for digitisation in countries worldwide and RICs.

Інноваційна трансформація поствоєнної економіки регіонів України: перспективи інтеграції освіти, науки та бізнесу

The theoretical-methodological basis for the integration of education, science and production as a basic prerequisite for the innovative transformation of the post-war economy of the regions of Ukraine is formed, providing for the restoration of manufacturing, infrastructure and residential objects destroyed by the warfare, the formation of modern poles of growth of regional economic complexes and the creation of a favorable living environment (raising social standards and improving the quality of the environment) on innovative principles. Studies have shown that the recovery of the personnel and material-technical potential of educational institutions and scientific institutions, as well as the restoration of the pre-crisis interconnection of these institutions with enterprises of the real sector of the economy, is of paramount importance in developing promising directions for innovative transformation of the post-war economy. Programming of priorities of innovative transformation of the post-war economy of the regions should be based on the identification of territorial heterogeneity of the level of research and innovation component of the development of regional economic complexes through the calculation of the integral index of innovative transformation of the regional economy, which is determined on the basis of a number of individual indices of scientific research and innovation activity. The results of the calculation of the integral index of innovative transformation of the regional economy in 2017–2020 showed that a relatively high level of development of research and innovation components of the development of regional economic complexes is observed only in the Kharkiv region, where an extensive network of research institutions and educational institutions is concentrated, most of which have actively cooperated and continue to cooperate with industrial enterprises. Studies have shown that in most regions of Ukraine in 2017–2020 there was a relatively low level of development of research and innovation components of territorial socioeconomic systems. It is found that the positioning of the regions of Ukraine in the pre-war period (2017–2020) in terms of the level of development of research and innovation components of regional reproduction should be a prerequisite for differentiation of instruments and methods of innovative transformation of the post-war economy of the regions of Ukraine, which will ensure the restoration of residential, infrastructure and industrial facilities destroyed by the war and create new poles of economic growth on an innovative and technological basis.

Disproportions in the level of innovation in European Union countries

Purpose: One of the most important areas of reflection on innovation and innovativeness is regional policy and issues related to the development of the economy. The phenomena of globalisation and pressure to create a knowledge-based economy means that not only enterprises, but also countries are forced to optimise the use of their potential on a macro, meso or micro scale. For this reason, the issue of innovativeness is connected with particular economic entities and sectors of the economy, with the activity of state, regional and local authorities and the European Union. In the conditions of deepening European integration, stimulating innovation of territorial socio-economic systems is an important instrument of economic policy at the international, national and regional levels. The aim of the study is to assess the level of innovativeness of the region in spatial and dynamic terms. Multivariate Statistical Analysis will be used to determine the aggregated indicator based on data taken from Eurostat database. Design/methodology/approach: The implementation of the objective will be achieved through the evaluation and comparison of the level of innovativeness of EU countries with the use of a synthetic measure, estimated by using one of the model methods of linear ordering of objects in the years 2015, 2018 and 2021. In the proposed method, the synthetic measure is determined using the distance of the examined objects from the model objects. The dynamic approach will allow to determine the directions of changes. The level of innovation of regions (EU countries) determined by a number of indicators that were adopted in four areas: human capital, finance, business activity and intellectual property protection. Findings: The region's innovativeness is a multidimensional phenomenon, which is directly unmeasurable, hence the need to use statistical methods when measuring it. Obtained results will allow to assess the studied phenomenon, build a ranking and identify countries with a high, medium or low level of innovation. The results of the analyses confirmed that it is advisable to consider innovation by plane, because in this case there is a greater differentiation of countries. Due to the level of innovation, the highest positions in the ranking were taken by Sweden, Germany, Finland and Austria, at the end of the ranking were countries from Central and Eastern Europe, Poland, Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania. In the area of innovative activities, Estonia ranked very high being classified in the group I of the most innovative countries. The country is characterized by high employment in innovative enterprises, significant expenditure on innovation and a large share of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) introducing product innovations. The fact that the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are reducing the distance to more innovative EU countries should be assessed positively, as evidenced by lower values of the coefficients of variation in 2021 compared to 2015. Keywords: innovation of regions, dynamics, Multivariate Statistical Analysis. Category of the paper: research paper.

ТАЛАССОЦЕНТРИРОВАННОСТЬ ПРИМОРСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ РОССИИ: СЕЛИТЕБНОЕ И ХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ

In the XXI century, the development of the resource potential of the World Ocean is the basic condition for socio-economic development; this problem is also actualized for modern Russia, initiating the focus of human-geographical research, including directly on the coastal territories. The article is devoted to the conceptualization, parameterization and typologization of the phenomenon of “displacement to the sea” of the components of the spatial structure (residential and economic) of coastal territories, defined as “thalassocentricity”. The causes, manifestations and consequences of the thalassocentricity of multi-scale territorial socioeconomic systems are revealed, the place and role of this category in the conceptual and categorical apparatus of Human geography are shown. Based on demographic and economic statistics for 155 Russian municipalities with direct access to the sea, a multi-criteria assessment of the degree and dynamics (for 2010–2021) of the thalassocentricity of the coastal subjects of the Russian Federation is proposed. It was found that out of 26 coastal regions of the country, in six (Khabarovsk Krai, Kalmykia, Karelia, Yakutia, as well as the “new” – DNR and Zaporozhye Region), the effects of thalassocentricity occur exclusively at the local level (closing in the contour of the coastal municipalities), in two more (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Krasnoyarsk Krai) according to as marine economic activity increases, they spread to the vast Arctic periphery. The remaining 18 are classified as thalasso centered.

Социально-трудовой потенциал молодёжи российской Арктики: проблемы воспроизводства

Active efforts to develop the elements of territorial socio-economic systems of the Russian Arctic are the key to the efficient development of its resources. One such element is the labor potential, which, on the one hand, is a social factor of territorial self-development in the Russian Arctic, and, on the other hand, is capable of effectively implementing national interests in the Arctic. In this regard, the quality of labor potential of the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia is of particular relevance, which is the focus of the author’s research. The first two stages of the study identified labor potential as a social factor in the self-development of the regions and local communities of the Russian Arctic, and also analyzed child poverty as a systemic factor limiting the possibilities of quality reproduction of labor potential of the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia. The purpose of the next stage of the study, the results of which are presented in this article, was to analyze the socio-economic situation of young people in the regions of the Russian Arctic as part of the formation of qualitative characteristics of labor potential of the Arctic zone of Russia. The research methods include statistical analysis of socio-economic situation of youth in the regions of the Russian Arctic and analysis of normative legal documents regulating certain issues of socio-labor relations. In the course of the study the main problems of socio-economic situation of the youth in the Russian Arctic, limiting the promising opportunities of their life activity in the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, were identified. The results of the study are focused on their practical use in the management of the development of labor potential of the regions of the Russian Arctic.

Digitalization of Land Resources as the Main Factor in the Implementation of Legal Regulation of Entrepreneurial Activity

This article analyzes the main problems of the implementation and legal regulation of «digital agriculture». The large-scale application of digital technologies in management, social and business processes determines the relevance of the inclusion of digital transformation factors in the assessment of the socio-economic possibilities of territorial planning. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need to include digitalization factors in the assessment of the aggregate potential of territorial socio-economic systems, to develop and test a methodology for integrative assessment of the impact of digital transformation factors on the state and growth of the socioeconomic possibilities of the territorial system. Methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison and grouping, generalization and expert assessments, index and correlation methods of economic and statistical analysis are used. The working hypothesis of the undertaken research suggests the possibility of developing and applying a methodological approach to the analysis of the state and dynamics of digitalization processes, reflecting the interdependence of the characteristics of the possibilities of rural territories and the parameters of the digital transformation of the rural sphere of life. The concepts of digitalization and digital potential are defined, an annotated list of the main methodological approaches to assessing the potential of the territorial system is given, an author's version of the methodology for analyzing and evaluating the potential of digitalization of rural territories is proposed and tested, a model of a unified digital platform for the purposes of state tactical planning of sustainable development of rural territories is substantiated, a set of directions of digital transformation of subjects of the sphere of life of the region is structured, a multilevel set of indicators has been formed for a comparable assessment of the state and dynamics of the development of digital transformation, useful for developing options for prioritization when justifying tactical decisions in the field of digitalization. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time an attempt has been made to develop a methodological approach to assessing the potential of the territorial system, taking into account the factors of digital transformation of processes in the field of production, exchange, distribution and consumption of public products. The role of modern land management in the implementation of the tasks of effective land management is shown. The possibilities of modern departmental information systems in solving the issues of geoinformation support of the agro-industrial compound are considered. New approaches and digital technologies of land management are proposed, providing a significant up to 30% increase in land use efficiency. The necessity of preparing new personnel for the industry in the conditions of digitalization was noted.

НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ И ФОРМЫ МЕЖТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОГО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ В МАКРОРЕГИОНАХ РОССИИ

Inter-territorial cooperation is one of the strategic planning tools aimed at strengthening ties between territorial socio-economic systems and reducing inter-territorial differences. The relevance of this tool is confirmed by the fact that, according to the Strategy for Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025, the organization of interregional cooperation is one of the five tasks of creating macroregions. The purpose of the study in this article was to study the possible directions and forms of inter-territorial cooperation within the macro-regions of Russia. The article clarifies the category of macro-region, its place in the hierarchy of territorial socio-economic systems, studied foreign and domestic approaches to its definition. Further, the essence and correlation of the categories "inter-territorial cooperation", "inter-territorial cooperation" and "inter-territorial integration", their subjects and goals are investigated. The approaches of domestic researchers to the identification of forms and directions of interregional interaction are studied, on the basis of which a classification of forms and directions of interterritorial interaction within the macroregions of Russia is presented. Such directions and forms as contractual (establishment of associations and conclusion of agreements), forms of information interaction (discussion of state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of various aspects of socio-economic development), interaction in the process of developing and implementing strategic and territorial planning documents (strategies, state programs) , territorial planning schemes), financial forms of interaction (interbudgetary transfers and loans), interterritorial cooperation (in the form of participation of regions in the implementation of national projects and government programs, infrastructure and innovative interregional projects). Examples of these forms of inter-territorial interaction and the problems of their implementation are presented.

The economy of Russian Baltic regions: development level and dynamics, structure and international trade partners

The article explores the challenges encountered during the formation of the Baltic macro-region comprising Russia and eight EU countries (Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) in the context of the ongoing geopolitical and geo-economic changes. The article aims to assess the dynamics, level, structure and pace of economic development of three Russian regions located on the Baltic Sea (St. Petersburg, Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions) and analyse the intensity of their trade relations with countries of the macro-region. Russian Baltic regions have higher development rates compared to the national average. However, they experience difficulties in their economic development resulting from negative external factors. The article describes possible ways of overcoming these difficulties by improving the sectoral structure of the economy and diversifying international ties. In this context, the development of inter-regional cooperation and the formation of a spatially distributed territorial socio-economic system, including the three Russian Baltic regions, will be particularly beneficial. The period covered by the article is 1996—2021, with a special focus on 2014—2021. The study is based on the economic and statistical analysis of official data of Rosstat and the Federal Customs Service on the sectoral structure and dynamics of the gross regional product (GRP), volume and changes in foreign trade, and its commodity and geographical structure.

ПОТЕНЦИАЛ РАЗВИТИЯ ПОСЕЛЕНИЯ: ПОНЯТИЕ, СОДЕРЖАНИЕ, СТРУКТУРА

The idea of a potential for the development of a settlement as its integral property to maintain and increase the level of its socio-economic development, is given. The settlement potential is determined by the level of development of the components of its internal and external structure, their interconnectedness and interdependence. The author defines the permanent components of the internal structure, forming functional blocks like population, social and industrial infrastructure, service sector, as well as natural resource ones, including the territory and components of the natural environment. All these components and their functional blocks are necessary and mandatory for any settlement. The components of the economic sector are required for the settlement, but they are variable and different in distinct settlements. The population consisting of various sex and age groups is the central block. To assess the development potential of a settlement, it is necessary to structure it and weigh the connectivity and interdependence of the components of various blocks, their level of development and elasticity. The second part of the potential is formed by the external structural links of the settlement, which constitute the territorial socio-economic system defined for the central settlement. This system includes all neighboring settlements and nature management structures that are directly tied with the central settlement by a transport network. The generalized schemes of the invariant functional structure of a settlement as well as the estimates of the connectivity and interdependence of the components of various functional blocks are given. Concenters of connectedness and interdependence of blocks directed from the population are distinguished.

Проектирование и управление предпринимательскими сетями: оценка сетевого потенциала населения территорий Арктической зоны Российской Федерации

In development of the methodology proposed in previous publications for assessing the network entrepreneurial potential of territories for the design and management of business networks, which are an effective form of innovation in the information paradigm of productivity, the article developed a methodology for assessing the network entrepreneurial potential of the population of territorial socio-economic systems. The variety of potential stakeholders in the innovative development of the territory, formally or informally participating in the formation of network interactions, suggests that for effective design and management of business networks, it is advisable to form approaches to assessing the network potential of as many types of stakeholder groups as possible. The degree of adherence of the population of the territories to the ideas of the knowledge economy, the ability to support and implement these ideas in everyday life, are the sources of increasing the entrepreneurial potential of the territories and their usefulness for networked entrepreneurial projects. Therefore, for designing effective entrepreneurial networks,along with assessing the potential of business, civil society institutions, government bodies, corporations and other network actors, the task of assessing the entrepreneurial potential of the population of the territories is relevant. To achieve the research objective the approaches to defining and assessing the entrepreneurial potential of the population of the territories are considered; the definition of the entrepreneurial potential of the population for the purposes of this study has been clarified; an assessment methodology has been developed and this methodology has been applied on the example of territories representing the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The conclusion was made about the high degree of influence of the entrepreneurial potential of the population on the complex network potential of the territories.

Sectoral and territorial industrial policy in the strategic documents of Russia and its regions

The article analyses the consistency of sectoral and territorial industrial policy target benchmarks reflected in federal and regional strategic documents of territorial socio-economic systems. The results of a comparison of this benchmarks showed that there is no unified approach to defining goals, quantitative and qualitative composition of target indicators of industrial development not only among strategic documents of various nature (goal-setting, forecasting, territorial, sectoral), but also within sectoral documents of industrial development in Russia and its regions. There is also no clearly defined vertical decomposition of national priorities for industrial development according to the directions and levels of strategic planning of territorial socio-economic systems.

ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ СТРАТЕГИИ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОГО РАЗВИТИЯ С УЧЕТОМ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОЙ КОМПОНЕНТЫ: НА ПРИМЕРЕ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БАШКОРТОСТАН

The relevance of this study is determined by the need to improve the tools for developing strategies for the development of territorial socio-economic systems, taking into account the realities of the current stage of development. Among these realities are the formation of the economic space of the region and the limited resources for development, which determined the logic, goal and objectives of this study. The purpose of this study is to develop theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations for the formation of a regional development strategy taking into account the spatial component. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were formulated and solved: clarification of the essence and content of the category "economic space" as the basis for accounting for this category in strategic developments; identification of the features of regional development, taking into account the spatial component; development of principles and prerequisites for regional strategy taking into account the spatial component of development; formation of a scheme for accounting for the spatial component in the development of strategies for multi-level territorial entities; development and testing of a modified model of resource provision for territorial development strategies as an updated toolkit for regional strategy. The novelty of the results of this study lies in the development of theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations for using the spatial component in the formation of a regional development strategy, which, unlike existing developments, allow taking into account the properties and characteristics of economic space when developing a block for the distribution of territorial resources and thereby provide conditions for increasing the resulting parameters multilevel territorial entities and the region as a whole.

Territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure of the West Kazakhstan region

The socio-productive infrastructure system is the basis of the territorial organization of the economy and population of the country and its regions. The territorial framework of different-level socio-economic systems is formed based on a socio-productive infrastructure. Respectively, the territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure of the regions of Kazakhstan determines the level of competitiveness of their territorial socio-economic systems and reflects regional and intra-regional characteristics of the territorial organization of a society.   The aim of the work is to analyze the impact of the main factors, identify the territorial and sectoral location and determine the main priority areas of territorial and sectoral development of the socio-productive infrastructure of the West Kazakhstan region. The article proposes the author's approaches to assessing the territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure in the region. The main results of the analysis of the current state of territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure of West Kazakhstan region are presented. The main factors of development and their impact on the territorial location of socio-productive facilities have been considered. The features of territorial localization of fixed assets were revealed and the typology of administrative districts of the West Kazakhstan region according to the level of the development of socio-productive infrastructure was carried out. The main priority directions of territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure of the West Kazakhstan region were determined and proposed. The conducted research shows that the West Kazakhstan region is characterized by a high indicator of territorial localization of social and industrial infrastructure. In 2019, 96.7% of fixed assets were localized in the territory of Burlinsky district and Uralsk city administration, and 1.1% and 0.7% of infrastructure facilities of the region are located in Baiterek district and Terektinsky district. The remaining 9 administrative districts, which occupy 85.7% of the territory of the West Kazakhstan region, account for only 1.5% of fixed assets. There are also significant differences in the sectoral structure of socio-productive infrastructure of administrative districts. The typology revealed that out of 13 administrative districts the maximum level of development of socio-productive infrastructure is characteristic of 2, high – 2, medium – 3 and low – 6 districts of the region. In this regard, the priorities of territorial and sectoral development of socio-productive infrastructure of West Kazakhstan region should be aimed at developing a network of infrastructure facilities of 9 administrative districts located in the east, south, south-west, west and north (Tashkaly district). The results of the research can be used by state line ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan and local executive bodies of the West Kazakhstan region in the development of perspective directions of territorial and sectoral development of social and industrial infrastructure of the region.

Theoretical foundations of rural development

The purpose of the article is to formulate the category "rural development" as a process and result and its possibilities and limitations at the intersection of differences of approaches to its definition and diversity of opinions of the authors; elaboration of ways, resource potential and types of rural development. Research methods includes an abstract-logical method to substantiate the scale of rural development in terms of rural areas and rural communities. Methods of analysis and synthesis to outline the types, classification features and basic functions of rural areas. Structural and functional approach for aggregate definition of the main elements of functioning and development of rural areas, formation of an effective territorial community, resource potential and activities in the field of rural economy and typology of rural development. Research results. It is established that in terms of scientific views, rural development is based on a territorial, multifunctional, institutional and interdisciplinary approach. The development of rural areas is based on production, and rural development on social components. Rural areas perform economic, social and environmental functions, and rural communities - the social welfare of the population. The basis of rural development is the available resource potential of the community for the implementation of management, organizational and economic, natural and recreational, social and environmental activities. The use of the resource potential of the territorial socio-economic system in combination with the system of the natural environment provides for the types of rural development that are interdependent, interconnected and complementary. At the same time, balanced rural development should become a priority and flexible direction of the state agrarian policy of Ukraine. Scientific novelty. Prescriptions for the development of rural areas and rural communities have been identified. The structure of functional components of rural areas and socio-economic potential of rural development are substantiated. Types of rural development are systematized. Practical significance. The studied provisions of rural development, based on the resource capabilities of the territorial socio-economic system, serve as a guide for making rational management, organizational, economic and socio-environmental decisions on the choice of ways and directions of development of rural territorial communities. Tabl.: 1. Figs.:4. Refs.: 27.

НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ ОТДАЧИ ЭКОНОМИКО-ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ

In the conditions of a market economy and private investments, the forms of regional development and governance are changing significantly. However, the processes of territorial division of labor and territorial-production complex formation, economic regional formation remain there. It is necessary to study their new forms and mechanisms. The author highlights the following directions of the socio- economic-geographical researches focused on practical use, namely: the study of the structure and dynamics of territorial socio-economic systems as a portion of integral geosystems; development of methods for multilevel assessment of the inclusion (exclusion) of certain social and economic components in the structures of such systems; development of regional programs and relevant geographic information systems for sustainable development; development of the theory and methods of territorial organization, covering the population, economy and natural-technogenic territorial structures, assessment of a territory’s potential, monitoring of regional development. The spatial development of different-level territories is considered as an important area of economic and geographical research aimed at obtaining of applied results. At the same time, the following geographical factors should be covered and assessed namely: geographical location, including economic and geographical one, territorial combinations of natural conditions and resources, existing territorial patterns of the economy and population., There is always a combination of geographic factors within certain territories which determines many of the features and properties of spatial patterns and spatial development. Their quantitative measurement and comparison makes it possible to obtain estimates of the potential of a territory, which are of great practical importance.

Transport factors in the long-term development of the eastern part of the Arctic zone of Russia

The authors consider the importance of the transport factor in the development of new territories and formation and functioning of territorial socio-economic systems in the East of the Arctic zone of Russia. Transport links are primary in the development of socio-economic systems, since mastering of a territory and the formation of the corresponding territorial systems begin with them. The features of the natural resource potential of the East of the Arctic zone of Russia as the basis of its economic activity are highlighted. In this regard, a certain similarity was noted between the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia in their industrial production specialization i.e. mining of non-ferrous and precious metals are present in all regions. The basic functions of all modes of transport for the East of the Arctic zone of Russia are shown. The specific role of transport factors in mastering of natural resources in the Arctic regions is also recognized. To ensure integrated long-term (sustainable) development of the East of the Arctic zone, it is proposed to consider a promising option for the construction of the Arctic Railway from the Anadyr and Beringovsky settlements along the Arctic coast to Tiksi, Norilsk, and Novy Urengoy. The proposed Arctic railway will become a powerful regional factor. On the one hand, it will have a great impact on the development of supporting economic centers on the coast, both existing and new. On the other hand, it will sharply increase the adaptive potential of the population living in this zone. At the same time, effective complementarity of the developing Northern Sea Route by rail can be achieved. All that will become important prerequisites for the long-term development of the Arctic zone of Russian Far East.