Subsoil Knowledge Economy in Time and in Space
The article examines the features of natural resources in the context of the dynamics of their development as of changing of types, internal features as of quality. The author shows that over time, the qualitative characteristics of the developed natural resources (first of all, subsoil minerals) are change - the developed long-term objects pass into the stage of declining productivity, while new objects become smaller and more complex from the point in terms of the application of previously obtained and implemented approaches. According to the author’s opinion, which he develops and defends in this article, a distinctive featureof the modern stage of the development of mineral resources is a significant strengthening of the role of science and new knowledge and the growing dominance of an intensive way of solving emerging problems. This is reflected in the significant strengthening of scientific research and the growing role of high-tech service companies. At the same time, as a rule, these service companies are located in scientific and industrial centers and agglomerations located at a considerable distance from the places of development and extraction of minerals. The circumstances noted above determine and set new approaches to the spatial sideof interaction of the resource sector and the knowledge economy in modern conditions. The article presents examples of the creation and development of such approaches in various countries. At the same time, in the author’s opinion, Russia is still largely implementing a model based on the use of previously tested (in other countries) technologies and an emphasis on the development of traditional facilities located in new, more remote areas.