Volume 2018, Issue 3, 2018

The current research features coordination of strategic aims and tasks in the strategic planning documents of regional development. The mechanism of systematic coordination and harmonization of development parameters for the different territories is meant to consider the real economic interests of the state, regions, communities and individual citizens. In a hierarchical relationship, such a mechanism of systematic coordination and harmonization can be represented as a multi-level system. The toplevel is that of the state, where parameters for the development of the country as a whole, as well as individual regions and industries are defined. The next level is regional; it deals with development parameters of the region in general and its territories. The basic level is local: it defines parameters for the development of particular territories with consideration of interests of the territorial community and individual citizens. An important condition of this coordination is both vertical and horizontal components of territorial dimension.

The article features a sociological research of family well-being in singleindustry urban environment. It contains a factorial analysis of family well-being on the basis of genetic research method, defines the conditions and factors of family wellbeing and builds up their rating according to positive and negative influence. The study introduces genetic marks of family well-being adapted for monotown environment and defines the level of family well-being for a monotown. The paper contains types of monotown families according to the level of family well-being (prosperous, fine, urban and problem families) and their shares in the total number of urban households. Besides, the authors describe specific features and history of monotown, as well as the role of city-forming enterprise and its impact on family well-being in different spheres. Monotown families are analyzed from the point of view of employment, education level, and optimum working schedules. Finally, the research features family dynasties and traditions at a city-forming enterprise. The authors also explain the application prospects of the genetic method in sociological family.

Single-industry towns, such as Monchegorsk, nave a significant role in the system of resettlement in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. These towns have some economical, geographical and natural-climatic specifities. In a global market economy characterized by recurring crises and market instability, social risks are growing with respect to the development of both the mono-settlements themselves and the country as a whole. Thus, during the crisis periods, single-industry cities become zones of social discontent, which threatens the social and economic stability of the entire state. The article reviews the problems of an arctic single-industry town on the case study of Monchegorsk. The analysis of demographic processes, indicators of the standard of living, the situation on the labor market, provision of basic social services. It has been revealed that the main factors affecting the socioeconomic problems of the arctic single-industry towns are the demographic problems associated with the natural and migratory decline of the population, as well as the problems associated with housing and communal services and social infrastructure. The paper introduces some solutions for the basic social problems.

The socio-economic development of the territory is determined by many parameters of both economic and social nature. Some of them may indicate positive trends, whereas others point at negative ones. This situation makes it impossible to draw an unambiguous conclusion about the vector of changes in the region or municipality. In such conditions, it is important to define integrated indicators that would comprehensively assess the situation on the territory in question. One of these indicators is the living standards. In single-industry towns, which are special objects of attention and management, monitoring the state and changes in the quality of life should become an important tool and a parameter of monitoring the socio-economic situation. It is important to analyze not only the objective, but also the subjective components of the living standards in the community. The paper substantiates the approach to living standard assessment with the help of statistical and sociological markers. It features specific indicators of the living standards and conditions, the integration of which makes it possible to obtain an adequate assessment of the quality of life in a municipal formation, including a monoprofile one.

The article is devoted to the problem of living standard improvement in single-industry towns on the basis of regional specialization. In modern conditions, much attention is paid to the complex of factors and conditions for the formation of certain areas of economic activity. The North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) has significant potential for agricultural development, which can contribute to solving the problems of single-industry towns with industrial specialization. These statistics indicate several positive trends in the socio-economic situation in the region: an increase in the number of inhabitants of the rural population, a steady increase in the share of food products and agricultural raw materials in the total volume of Russian imported goods. The main importance of rural areas in the reproductive concept of the North Caucasus regions is determined by the functions of the social-territorial system of communities: industrial, demographic, socio-cultural, nature protection, recreational. Research methods: systematic, formal-logical, analysis and modeling of socioeconomic processes. The scientific novelty of the proposed approach is a comprehensive assessment of agriculture in the region as the main factor in improving the socio-economic situation of single-industry towns. As a result, the research has revealed the positive impact of the industry on the living standards in the single-industry towns of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD).

The article is devoted to the study of the health of the population in the regions of the Siberian Federal District on the basis of the following statistical indicators: infant mortality, total mortality, fertility rate, mortality according to death cause, life expectancy, primary incidence, morbidity according to disease. The study has revealed some trends in public health of the Siberian regions in 2012 – 2016. Positive trends in the health status of the population of the Siberian territories are: 1) decrease in infant and general mortality, mortality from circulatory diseases, external causes, and respiratory diseases; 2) increase in overall male and female life expectancy. Negative trends in the public health of the regions in question include: 1) declining fertility under the influence of the «population wave» effect; 2) increase in cancer mortality rate, diseases of the digestive system and infections. Public health of the Siberian territories is characterized by a high level of differentiation, as well as by multidirectional dynamics of morbidity and mortality in different regions. A low level of public health has been observed in the republics of Tyva and Altai, Trans-Baikal, and Irkutsk Region. A relatively good medical and demographic situation has been observed in Tomsk, Omsk, and Novosibirsk regions.

The article features the current problems of coordination of the strategic planning processes within the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipal entities located on their territory, including mono-profile ones. The study takes into account Federal Law No. 172-FZ, June 28, 2014: «Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation». The research has proved objective necessity for new approaches to strategic planning in mono-profile municipal entities, taking into account the strategic prospects for the development of the regions. It identifies the main problems of the modern practice of strategic planning and reveals the substantive areas of integration of goals, tasks, measures of strategic development of the regions (subjects of the Russian Federation) with strategic orientations of municipal entities, including monoprofile ones. The author establishes some mechanisms of coordination of the strategic planning processes of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities located on their territories. The results can be used by the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local governments when developing strategic planning documents.

With all the diversity of studies of single-industry towns’ development problems, little attention has been given to the quality of statistical data: neither the selective character of official statistics nor the difference between a single-industry town and a municipality are taken into account. The latter makes it impossible to use mathematical methods to simulate the spatial development of towns. The purpose of the current research is to identify the problems of assessment for regions with high concentration of monotowns and to introduce some ways of improving the quality of data by using the case of the Kemerovo region. Research methods include collection and grouping of data on the single-industry towns of the Kemerovo region taking into account the administrative-territorial division of the region, the construction of the logarithmic model of distribution of cities and towns according to the «rank-size» rule and evaluation compliance of the received distribution with the Zipf rule. As a result of research, the author proposes directions of improvement of data on towns and obtained results. In particular, the study specifies the conformity of Kuzbass towns to the Zipf law. The results can be applied in the field of forecasting and management of single-industry towns’ development at the regional level.

The article describes approaches to the definition of “human capital” concept. It is noted that the modern paradigm of socio-economic development of the regions and the state identifies human capital as one of the most important sources of endogenous long-term economic growth. The concept of human capital of the region is defined as a set of localized on-site human resources that 1) possess the knowledge, abilities, skills, health status, level of culture and motivation; 2) are formed as a result of investments of concrete individuals, their families, as well as society and employers; 3) are used rationally and provide innovative development of regional social and economic systems. The current research features a comparative assessment of the human capital of the Kemerovo region and other subjects of the Siberian Federal district according to the human development index. The study has revealed some factors that reduce the «human choice» factor and put the Kemerovo region on the 7th place in the human development index list of 12 Siberian regions.

The article features the assessment methodology conducted by consumers in the sphere of competition support tendencies on the intra-regional markets. Competition is seen as a function with a multidimensional latent character that establishes a relationship between a set of arguments-factors and the set of results-consequences of the competition development on the markets, which, in their turn, are factors of restricting competition for final consumers. As indicators of development, it is offered to use the generalized consumer assessment of two groups of influence factors: a) factors of price and nonprice rivalry among firms; b) tendencies of demand development. Generalized estimates for each group of factors are obtained as windowed estimates of the elements in each group of factors. The paper also provides examples of estimates for individual consumer markets of the Omsk region. The results of the assessment can be used by regional authorities in making decisions about the nature and directions of support and regulation of intraregional consumer markets; as marketing information, they can also be of interest to consumer product manufacturers.

The current stage of economic development can be characterized by such a phenomenon as regionalization, the main task of which is to identify the identity of the population (society), which lives in a particular area (region). In this regard, there is a need to determine the basic point of regionalization, namely the essence of the region. The region unites in itself the totality of the social, economic, political and other relations that arise between people living on the corresponding territory (region). In recent years, there has been a whole system of perceptions that characterize the region. They can be grouped according to scientific paradigms: 1) region as a quasi-state; 2) region as a quasi-corporation; 3) region as the market; 4) region as society; 5) region as a unit of administrative-territorial arrangement; 6) region as a territory; 7) region as space; 8) the region as a system. Within each of the listed paradigms, coordinates can be defined, according to which strategies, plans and development programs can be developed.

The paper features one of the approaches to the management of human capital. This approach implies the «knowledge management», whose ultimate goal is the formation of innovative human capital and stimulating the development of innovation. The main task of human capital management is to preserve and develop human potential as a strategic resource of the region in order to increase its competitiveness and economic security. The authors propose to use innovative scientific, production and educational clusters as a tool of human capital management. The main objective of the innovative cluster is to accelerate the innovative development of economic systems based on the use of innovative capabilities of human capital, expressed in the continuous process of innovation renewal and the growth of the level of innovative activity of the regional economic system. The main characteristic trait of the innovative cluster is that it eliminates the gaps between the spheres of science, production and education. The proposed cluster approach can be defined as the most adequate and effective form of organization of the whole technological chain from the origin of the innovative idea up to its commercialization, production and market rollout.

The current stage of economic development is characterized by the manifestation of «mega-regionalism» and «inter-regionalism», which shifts the emphasis in the direction of a balanced interaction between the participants who integrate their capacities in the interests of their own sustainable development. Megaregions represent the «locomotives» of the economic development of their countries. The potential for the development of the «megaregion» system represents its ability, which is determined by a wide range of factors. The expected effect of its use is sustainable development achieved by effective management solutions. Integration and balanced interaction is especially important for the sustainable development of megaregional economy. The author suggests integrating all elements of the system in terms of ensuring a synergistic effect, taking into account the interests of geographically localized spaces within the region, industrial complexes and economic entities. The current research defines the factors that shape the potential for sustainable development of a megaregion in terms of the «globalism – regionalism – the national economy – local education» interaction.

The formation of a comfortable urban environment is one of the priority areas for the development of single-industry towns. The attractiveness of the city (for residents, visitors, etc.) is largely due to the peculiarities of its territorial design. In combination with marketing tools, territorial design becomes a powerful factor in increasing the attractiveness of a single-industry city and improving the quality of life. Particular importance in the formation of a comfortable urban environment is given to the improvement of public areas. When designing such areas, it is important to take into account the characteristics of the city, the opinion of the population, the history and traditions associated with this public space. The paper considers some features of the application of marketing tools in the implementation of projects for territory improvement. The research has employed some general methods (analysis, analogy, system approach), as well as empirical ones (description, comparison). The paper features 1) an analysis of conditions for implementing the marketing approach in cases of territorial planning to increase the attractiveness of single-industry towns; 2) a pros and cons analysis of the project aimed at the formation of comfortable urban environment within the framework of the state program for landscaping. The paper introduces an authentic approach to the development of the stages of using marketing tools in the territorial design. The approach has been implemented in the town of Myski (Kemerovo Region).

Despite the general improvement of the economic situation in one-industry urban settlements, the situation in some social spheres, such as sports, remains extremely unstable. It is typical of some depressive regions of Russia where the most sports infrastructure objects have been excluded from the organizational structure of the leading enterprise and exist as independent or even transferred to fixed assets of the monocities. The city can’t cover all the expenses on maintenance and operation costs of these objects. The paper introduces a new model of management of sports infrastructure objects which is based on the principles of the facility management, as in the case of the town of Glazov (Udmurt Republic). Facility management is one of the methods of practical management considering real property from different ways, i.e. technical, infrastructure and commercial. The main objective of the method is to decrease current expenses at operation costs of real property. The analysis showed that the method lowers operational costs for the maintenance of the real property and reduces the load on the city budget.

Global changes on world markets and increasing environmental trends shape the perception of the human environment, i.e. the city. Advanced countries have developed scientifically based approaches to the management of highly specialized territories: free economic zones, free trade zones, and one-industry urban settlements (monotowns). The purpose of the current research is to justify the multi-component approach to ecological re-urbanization of single-industry towns. The search for new forms of business development and new jobs provides the basis for the development of agricultural business in monotown environment. The research studies the relationships that develop between different categories of citizens when it comes to creating recreational areas, such as mini-parks and parklets. The implementation of the strategy of ecological re-urbanization will bring the environment closer to urban life, create «smart houses», and improve the quality of life. Modern dwellings and public areas are the ideal zones for innovative technologies and small business development. The paper proposes some solutions in the field of ecological re-urbanization, green economy and ecological landscape, contributing to the development of monotowns.

The paper is devoted to the dynamics of the main demographic indicators of single-industry towns in the Kemerovo region: birth-rate, mortality, natural and migratory growth, life expectancy, and specialized demographic indicators. This analysis provides an idea of the demographic potential of the single-industry towns in Kuzbass, which is the basic index of life standards that defines the competitiveness of the region, the labor force balance, the basis for the development of human capital, as well as provisions for the diversification of mono-town economy within the available workforce. The analysis has made it possible to draw some conclusions about the high correlation between migration and natural population growth with economic indicators, a significant migration outflow from the region in recent years, natural population decline in most urban districts, a general decrease in mortality, and an increase in life expectancy. The rural areas display the highest birth-rate and youngest age of new mothers. The most favorable demographic situation in the Kemerovo region is in the cities of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk, which cannot be referred to single-industry urban settlements.

The paper features some issues and main directions of the strategic development of a municipal entity in the field of solid municipal waste. The authors identify the major sources of waste and prove that for municipalities it is necessary to enhance the role of strategic planning, the effectiveness of monitoring and accounting, and implement monitoring systems in waste management. It is shown that the most important direction for the effective solution of these problems is the improvement of economic and organizational mechanisms for managing the sphere of solid municipal waste within an urban community. The paper contains the main tasks a community has to perform to improve the mechanisms of strategic management in the sphere of solid municipal waste. Management technology should be systematic and take into consideration the interests of the local population, enterprises and authorities as well as other stakeholders. It should be based on an integrated collection system that would reflect the system for collecting and transporting communal waste, technology for recycling wastes and methods for their utilization. The authors propose an approach to unify the technology for implementing processes in the field of solid municipal wastes. The approach is based on the system approach and employs methods of economic and logical analysis, as well as data of state statistics and municipal reports. The approach presupposes organizational and economic integration of stakeholders, which should increase investment in this area and reduce environmental tensions in the community.

The authors make an attempt to establish a relationship between the effectiveness of the institution of public-private partnership (PPP) and its ability to act as a development tool for resource regions. The methodology of the study included two stages. At the first stage, the problem of determining the resource regions and the approaches to their identification were outlined. The second stage involved an analysis of existing approaches to the evaluation of the PPP institution and the issue of assessing its effectiveness. The approaches have been classified into three groups; assessment basis, calculation criteria and algorithm for the evaluation methodology have been identified. At the third stage, the authors used the theory of fuzzy sets for a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the PPP institution from the perspective of reducing the resource dependence of regions. Four clusters have been revealed, their comparative characteristics are given in the article. It is shown that high indicators of the development of the regulatory framework and the institutional environment do not ensure the effective development of the institute in the region. It is necessary to revise the initial expert evaluation of the criteria, refine the weights of PPP performance assessment factors, and re-clustering. The degree of development of the PPP institution is not sufficient to reveal the relationship with the degree of resource dependence.

The paper features some topical issues of industrial development strategic planning for territories with high concentration of industrial potential. The author has investigated a role of regional authorities in rendering methodological support to local governments in development of documents of strategic planning in the sphere of the industry: as a result, standard models (recommendations) of development have been defined for certain territories. The research has revealed some features of goal-setting in the sphere of industrial policy and definition of mechanisms of activity stimulation at industrial enterprises on the regional and local levels. This system of indicators allows one to identify types of economy of municipal units (as in the case of the Voronezh region), to characterize their industrial potential, and to give recommendations on stimulation of activity in the sphere of the industry of separate municipal units in the Voronezh region. The author concludes that there is a strong need for coordination when developing strategic planning documents in the sphere of industrial development on the levels of state (federal, regional) and municipal management. Moreover, the author stresses the importance of the regional industrial policy standardization and integrated approach to consideration of territorial aspects.

The problems of sustainable development of single-industry towns are of a great importance for Russian cities situated in Siberia, where such settlements has been a major part of modern urbanism since the Soviet period of rapid industrialization. This topic has been given very little attention in scientific literature, so it is quite important to study the sustainability of single-industry towns using different techniques of assessment and policy-making to achieve the public interest goals. The analysis of current social, economic and ecological status of Siberian monotowns has showed that the problem of sustainability poses a real challenge there. The paper features the general approaches to assess the sustainability of Russian one-industry towns. It has been shown that this problem might be solved by expanding of recently developed approaches to assess the sustainability of Russian regions.

Town-forming enterprises determine the effectiveness of the functioning of certain territories and have a profound impact on the socio-economic situation of monotowns and their territorial development in general. In this regard, the problems of individual industries should be considered as general problems of the entire territorial system’s development, as their solution will contribute to more effective development of monotowns and the region. The study has revealed the main problems in the main fields of aluminum production, i.e. alumina production. The author has conducted a full cycle of calculations for an interconnected system of econometric models of alumina production, which has allowed her to assess the possible options for raw material provision and propose actual solutions for the existing problems of the city-forming enterprises. To resolve one of the most acute matters, the author introduces a tool that will make it possible to achieve the optimal variant of material support, ensure the stable functioning of the enterprise and achieve sustainable development of the territory. The author also offers some measures of industrial policy that would solve the problems of one single enterprise and industry as well as create conditions for the stable development of the whole monotown.

The purpose of the study is to comprehend the current experience of implementing social partnership on single-industry territories, the research subject being the tendencies and patterns of its development. The research has been based on the principles of systemic and complex approaches, general positions of the theory of systems, methods of synthesis and analysis (system, structural, logical, economicstatistical, comparative, and ecological-economic). The article presents a detailed analysis of the background anthropogenic load on the territory of the region, as well as the influence of industry on the health and quality of life of the population. The study features forms of social responsibility exercised by coalmining enterprises on affected territory. The authors describe directions and amount of resources invested by business enterprises into the development of single-industry towns within the framework of interaction. The result of the study is the development of practical recommendations on the mechanisms for interaction between business and government.

The report reflects the research of two-year practice of using such an instrument of development and attracting investments as Advanced Social and Economic Development Areas (ASEDA) in mono-profile municipal entities of the Russian Federation. The study, which employed the data available from open sources, involves an analysis of 36 operating territories with ASEDA status. The territories were classified according to 1) the number of permitted activities, 2) the time period between the moment of obtaining the ASEDA status and the registration of the first resident, 3) tax preferences granted to the registered residents (regions can set rates within the established range, e.g. 0 to 5% income tax). The paper features formats and methods employed by regional and municipal management teams to attract investors. The author describes experience in preparing the necessary regulatory framework and promoting this status. The research reveals the best practices and explains why some ASED areas fail to reach the parameters declared in the applications. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of 102 registered ASED residents has been carried out. Taking into account the experience of already existing ASED in single-industry towns, the author gives a number of proposals on how to increase the efficiency of work within the framework of the ASED status, as well as on making a number of changes to the current regulatory legal acts controlling the establishment of ASED in singleindustry towns.

The research features the current development problems of small Russian towns with depressed territories as in the case of the town of Karabash (Chelyabinsk region). Management of such areas affected by negative factors poses a challenge for local authorities. It is necessary to change the approach in designing such territories and reveal their attractiveness in terms of urban planning. The article describes some urgent environmental, economic and social problems of small towns. The example of Karabash has allowed the authors to draw a number of conclusions on a complex assessment of the territory to identify depressed areas. The article structures the relevant modern trends and methods obtained from scientific literature. The authors offer possible solutions for the problems of depressed territories.