Theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the quality of regional economic space

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 193, Issue (9-10), Pages: 152-160

Citation information:
Bondareva, Y., Vaganova, O., Vladyka, M., Kamyshanchenko, E., & Stryabkova, E. (2021). Theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the quality of regional economic space. Economic Annals-XXI, 193(9-10), 152-160. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V193-19

Yana Bondareva
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Economics and Economic Security,
Belgorod National Research University
85 Pobedy Str., Belgorod, 308000, Russian Federation
Bondareva_ya@bsu.edu.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-9169

Oksana Vaganova
D.Sc. (Economics),
Head, Department of Innovative Economics and Finance,
Belgorod National Research University
85 Pobedy Str., Belgorod, 308000, Russian Federation
vaganova@bsu.edu.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-8153

Marina Vladyka
D.Sc. (Economics),
Professor of the Department of Applied Economics and Economic Security,
Belgorod National Research University
85 Pobedy Str., Belgorod, 308000, Russian Federation
vladyka@bsu.edu.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-7584

Elena Kamyschanchenko
D.Sc. (Pedagogy),
Head, Department of World Economy,
Belgorod National Research University
85 Pobedy Str., Belgorod, 308000, Russian Federation
kamyshanchenko_e@bsu.edu.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-4542

Elena Stryabkova
D.Sc. (Economics),
Head, Department of Applied Economics and Economic Security,
Belgorod National Research University
85 Pobedy Str., Belgorod, 308000, Russian Federation
stryabkova@bsu.edu.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6067-1434

Theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the quality of regional economic space

Abstract. Today, the problems of spatial development of territories require new thinking, as they still remain unresolved in Russia. The problems are inefficient regional economic structure, enormous internal contrasts and disparities, population decline and economic marginalisation of peripheral areas of the country, and a shrinking zone of political and economic influence on the world stage. Importantly, there is a growing threat to the integrity of the space due to the intensified internal socio-economic disparities of the country in the course of the current political and economic trends. Emerging territorial disparities, determined by the value of deviations from the average values of regional development, are the main problem of sustainable spatial development of territories. For the decision of problems of spatial-territorial development of innovation system of region it is necessary to realize estimation of quality of economic space on the basis of different indexes. These indicators can include territorial ones, used as tools to assess the innovation subsystem of the regional economy, as well as various approaches to the analysis of spatial factors considered in assessing the types of economic space in the region.

The analysis of existing approaches to the assessment of the quality of economic space has shown that to date there is no universal approach. This fact confirms the statement that the study of such category as economic space, assessing its quality is a complex and multitask process.

Keywords: Quality Assessment; Economic Space; Spatial Structure; Socio-Economic Development; Spatial Development

JEL Classifications: A14; A12; C40; I18

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

Data Availability Statement: The dataset is available from the authors upon request.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V193-19

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Received 16.06.2021
Received in revised form 19.07.2021
Accepted 24.07.2021
Available online 19.10.2021