Russian Journal of Economics and Law (Jun 2018)
Strategic developments in new settlement regions
Abstract
Objective: to elaborate proposals and demonstrate ways for probable transformation of an investment project implemented in the Low-Angara region into a federal target program from the viewpoint of interaction of the territory economy and the environment development.Methods: such general scientific methods were applied as systemic approach, logical and comparative analysis, economic-mathematical modeling.Results: Low-Angara region in Krasnoyarsk krai is one of the regions of new economic development in the modern Russia. It is attractive for new large-scale investments, including a unique resource base, the availability of the necessary infrastructure for industry, which determines the necessity for strategic plans in the sphere of its further development. The article analyzes the results of implementation of the investment project “Complex development of the Low-Angara region”. It is determined that the projects implemented in the region are characterized by a number of problems, such as the orientation of the territory towards raw materials production, lack of the projects’ correlation with the capabilities of the region, lack of the accounting of environmental factors. To solve the revealed problems, it is proposed to implement a special regional target program of the complex development of the region. The advantages of regional programs are shown for predicting the environmental consequences of the social-economic development of the region. The tools are presented for environmental-economic analysis of the consequences economic decisions in the region. Based on the elaborated model, the influence of various economic solutions on the environment is shown, which allowed formulating recommendations for the territory development taking the environmental factor into account.Scientific novelty: the possibilities and limitations of the particular region are analyzed from the viewpoint of environmental imperative (by the example of Low-Angara region in Krasnoyarsk krai), the results and prospects are estimated of a large-scale investment project implementation on its territory; recommendations are given concerning the prospects of the Low-Angara region development taking the environmental requirements into account.Practical significance: the research results can be used as a methodological basis and analytical materials for substantiating the economic decisions related to influencing the environment within the territories of intense economic development.
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