Socio-economic factors in the formation of specialization of rural areas of the Republic of Crimea

Issue № 11, 2025, article № 12, pages 114-128

Section: Development of rural territories

Language: Russian

Original language title: СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ФАКТОРЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ СПЕЦИАЛИЗАЦИИ СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КРЫМ

Keywords: RURAL AREAS, SPECIALIZATION, SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, STRUCTURAL FACTORS, REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Abstract: This article examines the socio-economic factors of development of rural specialization, determining their role in larger territorial systems. Scientific and theoretical analysis has shown that the problems of preserving and developing the potential of rural areas are relevant for most developed countries. The socio-economic degradation of large areas increases the disproportions of territorial potential, strengthens negative migration and agglomeration trends, contributes to excessive concentration of population in agglomerations, increasing the risks of food security and resource deficit in various areas of activity. The Republic of Crimea is characterized by significant potential for agricultural specialization and related service sectors, which require the development of the necessary social and production conditions for the local population and the attraction of an able-bodied personnel reserve. Social and structural indicators of the state of rural areas were studied, including demographic and labor criteria characterizing the population. Positive factors of the stability of internal markets were determined, due to the localization of economies and production, their orientation to providing for the local population and the population of neighboring municipalities. The state, features and limitations of the development of agricultural and alternative specialization of the studied rural territories, which influence the socio-economic dynamics of the Republic of Crimea, are studied. As a result of scientific-theoretical and statistical analysis, the main socio-economic factors were identified, including territorial and structural ones, influencing the state of specialization of rural territories of the Republic of Crimea. Conclusions were made about the need for a program-targeted approach to the development of specialization of rural territories of the region.

Authors: Oborin Matvei Sergeevich, Novikova Natalia Valerevna