Lyubovniy V. Y. Urban development within the system of intersectoral collaboration and management

Abstract: At the modern stage of evolution of urban development as a sphere of economy and society, objective evaluation of intersectoral interaction becomes significant for examining the interdependencies and mutual influences within the economy and urban development processes. Identifying the major factors in those processes will allow making better, more substantiated projections for prospective vectors of changes in habitation, identifying preferable types and forms of habitation, best suited for the new economic model. The topical importance of this work is justified by the fact that the role of urban planning will be further enhanced in increasingly more globalized environment and growing demand for establishing centers of international collaboration in Russia, equipped with fully functional international corridors, roads for various forms of transport, energy grids, information clusters, and, potentially, water resources. This article gives a vision of the role of urban development in Russia’s growth strategy, analyzes the current state of urban development and evaluates the significance of factors that affect the development of urban environment. The author analyzes possible ways to overcome negative trends in development, in order to ensure progressive evolution, and identifies the negative influences - the economy’s one-sided orientation, disproportions in regional development, overconcentration of resources in the central region and unequal relationships between the center and province, as well as underappreciation of local self-government’s role, and its lag in development.

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