ATLAS INFORMATION SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN BORDERLAND

• Main Authors: V. A. Kolosov, L. G. Rudenko, V. S. Tikunov, A. A. Gercen, E. D. Golovina, M. V. Zotova, A. S. Sebentsov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Laboratory of Complex Mapping, Faculty of Geography, MSU 2014-01-01
• Series: InterCarto. InterGIS
• Online Access: http://intercarto.msu.ru/jour/article/view/39

<p>Ukraine and Russia are linked by a common centuries-old history. Our countries are faced against difficulties as the long-pending modernization of the economy and natural decline in the population, obsolescence of fixed funds and lack of investment, need for reorganization in social sphere, etc.</p><p>The authors consider the cross-border cooperation as the essential part of consensus searching between Russia and Ukraine , the condition for living standards and growth in prosperity of millions of people in the borderlands.</p><p>This article is based on the first results of the Ukrainian-Russian project, which purpose is to create the Atlas Information System (AIS) for identifying priorities in cross-border cooperation and coordinated spatial development of the Russian and Ukranian cross-border regions, based on inventory of natural, social and economic opportunities and comparison study of trends of evolution.</p><p> </p>