Basic conditions of innovative development of Volgograd suburban zone
The development of suburban zones depends on the basic conditions of its territory. The purpose of this research is to investigate basic conditions and evaluate the most promising directions of innovative development of Volgograd suburban zone. The main research objectives are: - systematization of the main factors influencing the innovative development of modern suburban zones; - evaluation of basic conditions of innovative development of Volgograd suburban zone; - identify the most promising directions of innovative development of Volgograd suburban zone. Research methods - systematic, comparative, structural, logical, feasibility analysis and the method of analysis of hierarchies. The article identified and described the factors in the development of modern suburban zones at the macro level (international conditions, changing the types and sources of economic growth, changing the types of socio-economic systems); at the meso level (state socio-economic policy, regional socio-economic policy, the policy of local self-government); at the micro level (natural, production, research, educational, investment, infrastructure, administrative, labor, cultural-historical and information potentials). The main competitive advantages of Volgograd suburban zone are the natural and cultural-historical conditions, the main problems are organizational management, investment, research factors of development.