Measurements in the Space of Regional Indicators: Methodology, Methods, Results
Sergey Suspitsin
Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk
Keywords: modernization of the economy, regional policy, multi-regional systems, spatial transformations, cluster
Abstract
The paper discusses what approaches to forming development indicators for a multi-regional system of the Russian Federation provide accurate interregional comparisons. We propose methods to identify stable topological structures in the space of regional indicators, to build an ordered system of regional clusters and to analyze inter-cluster connections. The article formulates principles and methods of elaborating a genetic scenario which depicts how the Russian multi-regional system develops basing on the evolutionary approach. It calculates development vectors of forecasting indicators for regions of the Russian Federation till 2030. We define the regularity with which the cloud of regional indicators changes its configuration, capacity and content of clusters. The methodology described in this paper is a constructive attempt to synthesize certain analysis tasks, forecasts of regional development and measurements of regional differences into a complex technique for assessing spatial transformations of the economy.
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