Sustainability Assessment of Social and Economic Development of Municipalities in the Voronezh Region

Natalia V. Yakovenko, Roman V. Ten and Igor V. Komov
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Natalia V. Yakovenko: Directorate of the Research Institute of Innovative Technologies and the Forestry Complex, Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Named after G.F. Morozov, 8, Timiryazev Street, 394087 Voronezh, Russia
Roman V. Ten: Directorate of the Research Institute of Innovative Technologies and the Forestry Complex, Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Named after G.F. Morozov, 8, Timiryazev Street, 394087 Voronezh, Russia
Igor V. Komov: Department of Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, Faculty of Geography, Geoecology and Tourism, Voronezh State University, 1, Universitetskaya Square, 394018 Voronezh, Russia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: In Russia, the issue of improving socio-economic sustainability of municipalities in the region through the assessment of its indicators are particularly relevant. The aim of this work is to assess the sustainability of socio-economic development of municipalities in the Voronezh region. The paper uses a systematic approach for a comprehensive, structured and dynamic study of the state of socio-economic sustainability of municipalities in the region. This approach uses the methods of classification and comparative analysis. The authors propose a methodology for assessing the sustainability of socio-economic development of the region’s municipalities. The results of calculating the integral sustainability index indicate the presence of five groups of municipalities, characterized by a particular degree of socio-economic sustainability, ranging from high to crisis. The proposed methodology for assessing the sustainability of socio-economic development of municipalities allows us to highlight the problematic parameters of socio-economic development within the municipalities themselves and to identify the main strategic objectives on the way to a single strategic goal: improving the level and quality of life of the population. Regional policy measures to equalize the level of socio-economic development should be designed, taking into account the identified features of the territorial development of municipal districts.

Keywords: municipalities; socio-economic sustainability; integral index; Voronezh region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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