Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Methodical Approach to the Complex Assessment of the Sustainable Region Development in the Condition of Greening the Economy
Tretyakova E.A., Miroliubova T.V., Myslyakova Yu.G., Shamova E.A.
Abstract
In the article, the authors substantiate their scientific approach to assessing the sustainable development of a region. The relevance of the study is conditioned by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals for 2016-2030. The target reference point of the research is the development and testing of the assessment method allowing one not only to determine the current level of the steady evolution of the region, but also to reveal its socio-economic balance. The research toolkit consists of methods of conducting cross-regional comparisons and dynamic standards; the data set for the research was retrieved from official statistical reports. The article substantiates the combination of the key indicators of sustainable development of the key areas: economic, environmental and social ones. An method of assessing the level of development for each of the areas is proposed. Graphs of the reference hierarchy of the dynamics of the economic, social and environmental indicators are drawn. The visual representation of the sustainable development trajectories of regions was done on the basis of a complex assessment matrix that combines the evaluation of the levels of development and the degree of balance in the socio-ecologo-economic development of the region. The proposed toolkit has been tested on the case of the Urals economic region. It made it possible to reveal the key problem areas and regularly emerging dynamic socio-ecologo-economic disproportions that call for balanced state regulation. The obtained results confirm the value of the authors' recommendations. The results can be used as part of an assessment toolkit and information basis for developing programs and strategies of socio-economic development that incorporate the goals of socio-economic progress and environmental protection.
Keywords
sustainable region development; social- and ecological- and economic balance; matrix of a complex assessment; components of development of the region; interregional comparisons.
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About Authors
Tretyakova Elena Andreevna – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of the World and Regional Economy, Economic Theory, Perm State University, Perm, Russia (614990, Perm, Bukireva street, 15); e-mail: E.A.T.pnrpu@yandex.ru.
Miroliubova Tatyana Vasil’evna – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Head of the Department of the World and Regional Economy, Economic Theory, Perm State University, Perm, Russia (614990, Perm, Bukireva street, 15); e-mail: mirolubov@list.ru.
Myslyakova Yuliya Gennadyevna – Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620014, Ekaterinburg, Moskovskaya street, 29); e-mail: jul_jul@inbox.ru.
Shamova Elena Alekseevna – Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia (620014, Ekaterinburg, Moskovskaya street, 29); e-mail: heleneo@mail.ru.
For citation
Tretyakova E.A., Miroliubova T.V., Myslyakova Yu.G., Shamova E.A. Methodical Approach to the Complex Assessment of the Sustainable Region Development in the Condition of Greening Economy. Bulletin of Ural Federal University. Series Economics and Management, 2018, Vol. 17, No. 4, 651-669. DOI: 10.15826/vestnik.2018.17.4.029.
Article info
Received July 3, 2018; Accepted July 24, 2018.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2018.17.4.029
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