THE FEATURES OF MODERN SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN VOLGA FEDERAL DISTRICT

• Main Authors: E. V. Belchuk, D. M. Melnikova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2015-09-01
• Series: Modernizaciâ, Innovaciâ, Razvitie
• Subjects: social infrastructure; region; territorial organization; the system of urban settlements; the potential; spatial heterogeneity
• Online Access: https://www.mir-nayka.com/jour/article/view/147

Due to increased social orientation of economic development ofRussiain the beginning of XXI century, acquired even greater urgency the problem of forming social infrastructure of macroregions. In the present work describes the peculiarities of the territorial organization of the social sphere of the Volga Federal District (VFD), which is closely related to urban settlement system. The authors examine the impact of diff erent types of cities in the development of social complex and reveal the modern trends of development of the leading branches of social infrastructure in the national and administrative entities in the VFD, which confirm the reorientation of their capacity for the biggest cities, ambiguous impact on the social-economic development of the peripheral territories of the regions.