SPATIAL COMBINATION OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN THE SOUTHOF THE TYUMEN REGION: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
Aim. The purpose of this work is to put forward proposals for organizing a system of socio-economic development in the South of the Tyumen region for the formation of an inter-municipal balance, with the invariance of the existing regional and municipal economic mechanisms of interaction. Methodology. Rural settlements are compared using the published data of the Federal Tax Service and Rosstat, both among themselves and in retrospect (using materials from the List of settlements of the Ural region, 1926). The spatial differentiation of socio-economic processes is performed by using geoinformation mapping, which makes it possible to compare the boundaries of rural settlements with the objects of the road network and to correlate the system of organization of rural settlements in time. The research procedure is based on comparing information about various territorial units with each other in order to search for problems and address directions for their resolution in the context of modern socio-economic development of the south of the Tyumen region. Results. Based on the results of the study, we have proposed directions of socio-economic development of rural areas in the region, taking into account the existing regional and inter-municipal specifics: environmental, historical and territorial imperatives. Their use makes it possible to solve the problems of territorial development existing in the region (polarization of the population in terms of material income, decrease in production activity, deterioration of the quality of the natural environment) and to intensify the use of existing competitive potential (the presence of economic ties within the framework of a single Tyumen region, natural resource potential, and successful practices). The proposed imperatives can be introduced into strategic documents of regional and local development, both in terms of identifying priority areas and in forming strategic planning based on the choice of rural settlements as a focus of attention. The use of a long series of observations allows one to single out proposals as a long-term trend, which neutralizes the influence of the COVID-19 crisis period. Research implications. The research results can be introduced into the practice of state and municipal strategic planning in the Tyumen region. The use of a rural settlement as a management unit makes it possible to detail and differentiate territorial management within the boundaries of municipal districts and the region as a whole. Possible implementation mechanisms can be regional and district strategic planning based on the application of these imperatives: allocation of historical production facilities for settlements, territorial features, achievable results, and environmental benchmarks. Their binding to the terrain will make it possible to avoid in regional strategic documents the practice of generalizing the problems of the three subjects of the Tyumen region.