TERRITORIAL ZONING OF MESEECONOMIC LEVEL AS AN ASPECT OF INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT
Introduction: the article presents a study of the possibilities of territorial zoning of the mesoeconomic level, highlighting the best development zones with the aim of the most efficient development of the territory. In the course of the research, categorical approaches to the issue of territorial zoning of the mesoeconomic level, approaches from the point of view of innovative development and creation of «points of growth», as well as the approach of modernization development were highlighted. Materials and methods: the article uses a method of comparative analysis of theories of Russian and foreign authors, as well as monitoring of statistical observations. When analyzing the level of development of meso-economic, the methodology for calculating the specific index is applied. For territorial zoning with the aim of identifying weak and strong zones, the author used the method of calculating the coefficient of development of mesoeconomic. Results: in the course of the research, the obtained author's assessment of the mesoeconomic level on the example of the Republic of Mari El allowed to establish untapped resources and to find opportunities to use them to overcome administrative barriers. The threshold values of the coefficients in the context of three urban districts and fourteen municipal districts of the Republic of Mari El were determined. Produced territorial zoning based on the method of specific indicator with the allocation of possible growth zones and innovative development. A zonal map of municipalities has been compiled. Discussion: on the territory of the mesoeconomic level, there is a continuous interchange of resources, both financial and material, and there is a migration of labor resources. Based on the availability of unused resources on the territory, the possibilities of its development are determined. The analysis of approaches to territorial zoning presupposes a variation in the choice of an approach for determining the most effective zones of modernization and innovative development of the economy at the macro and meso levels. Conclusion: the conducted research allows to divide the markets by the level of development into five levels: loss-making, low, medium, high and super-profitable and to allocate four growth zones formed on the territory of the Republic of Mari El, which contributes to the evaluation of social and economic development at the meso-economic level of the market environment. The author substantiates the need for innovative development of both strong and weak zones of the meso economic level.