AGGLOMERATION OF RURAL AREAS: PROS AND CONS

Issue № 3, 2024, article № 2, pages 16-28

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Language: Russian

Original language title: АГЛОМЕРИРОВАНИЕ СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ: ЗА И ПРОТИВ

Keywords: AGGLOMERATION, STRONGHOLD, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL AREAS, REGULATORY METHOD, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, RESOURCE PROVISION

Abstract: The article examines the debatable issue of the expediency of agglomerating rural areas of Russia by forming a network of support settlements (ONP), including those with the status of cities with a population of up to 50 thousand people, and adjacent territories, including urban-type settlements and work settlements, the formulation of which is motivated by fears of the flow of rural development resources into the urban environment. The results of the authors' regional analysis of the distribution of rural agglomerations by type of settlement (city, village) and the proportion of urban-type settlements and workers' settlements in adjacent territories are presented. Two models of rural agglomeration are considered: the centripetal model currently being implemented, which provides for the concentration of development resources in strongholds, and the balanced development model based on the principle of combining intensive development of strongholds with providing minimum social guarantees to the entire population of adjacent territories. The expediency of implementing the second model is justified, which, despite its high cost, is the only way to preserve the viability of the main array of the rural settlement network. The experience of organizing social services for the rural population in the Republic of Belarus on the basis of agro-towns and a normative list of social infrastructure facilities for district centers, agro-towns of the first and second types, and ordinary settlements is presented. It is concluded that the interconnected balanced development of inter-settlement service centers and settlements of adjacent territories will increase the efficiency of placing jobs, social, engineering, road transport infrastructure facilities in rural areas and budgeting expenses for these purposes

Authors: Bondarenko Liudmila Vasilevna, Simanovskii Nikita Andreevich