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Spatial Features of Social Infrastructure Development in Siberian Regions
Social infrastructure is considered in the context of quality of life as a key living condition. The article shows that the problems of social development for the Siberian Federal District are severe and that the methods of government support are in need of modernization. We define basic theoretical positions and methodological prerequisites to study social infrastructure as a category of the regional economy. A traditional analysis of indicators in selected sectors of social infrastructure is augmented by a research of a new investment aspect of its development. We present how the spatial factor affects settlement systems and the territorial organization of local self-government in Siberian regions of Russia, as well as assess the related structural particularities of regional infrastructural objects (using the example of the education sector). We provide the quantitative characteristics of spatial living conditions and study region-specific features that the territorial organization of local self-government has, as exemplified by municipal areas and rural settlements. The article gives a comparative analysis of structural characteristics of regional infrastructural systems in the education sector. The results suggest that average capacities of preschool and comprehensive educational establishments in Siberian regions under examination are significantly lower than those in the southern regions. Our research has determined a degree of regional differentiation for investment expenditures on social sector development in Russia. Then we evaluate the performance of the Siberian Federal District against other regions. The calculations demonstrate that Siberia receives substantially less investment per capita to develop social sphere than the country at large. We draw a conclusion that the detected features of regional settlement systems increase the price of guaranteed social services for the population and complicate their delivery; they decrease the quality of the said services or abolish them. In order to find a solution, the current specific spatial conditions need to be adequately considered in regional policy making and intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Ratkovsky T. G. rtg@ieie.nsc.ru
Keywords: Siberian regions living conditions social infrastructure balance territorial organization of local self-government regional budget expenditures
Social Infrastructure in Rural Areas: Applicability of Integrated Assessments
The paper analyzes a current state of the social infrastructure in rural areas of the Vologda Oblast applying an integrated index of the social structure development offered by the authors. We show that the social infrastructure includes not only material object, but also a wide set of services and programs aimed at the human and regional development. We test an approach to assessing the social structure development by applying a set of statistical indicators which reflect the state of major economic sectors and infrastructure for municipalities of the Vologda Oblast.
Kalashnikov K. N. konstantino-84@mail.ru
Belekhova G. V. belek-galina@yandex.ru
Antonova M. A. mariya_antonovarsa@mail.ru
Keywords: social infrastructure social infrastructure rural areas third age integrated assessment
Social portrait of Siberian regions
The paper describes the social infrastructure, potential for social development, subjective conditions and players of regional social changes in the regions of the Siberian Federal District, Russia.
Keywords: social infrastructure educational zones social services subjects of social development social involvement
