ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION OF THE BAIKAL REGION: CURRENT STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
N.A. IPPOLITOVA1,2, N.V. ROGOVSKAYA1,2, M.A. GRIGORYEVA1
1V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033, Irkutsk, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, 1, Russia
nina-ip@list.ru
2Irkutsk State University, 664003, Irkutsk, ul. Karla Marksa, 1, Russia
rogovskayan@inbox.ru
Keywords: Baikal region, extractive industry, manufacturing enterprises, agriculture, branches of specialization
Abstract
The economic specialization of the Baikal region is presented. The relevance of dealing with this issue is explained by the requirements for an increase of the level of socio-economic development of the country and its separate territories, and by the effectiveness of production facilities and the specialization of the region. The economic complex of the Baikal region is analyzed, the branches of industrial and agricultural specialization are identified, and the typologies of the region’s municipalities are highlighted according the predominance of the main kind of activity in the industry, the conditions of economic management and the volumes of agricultural products. The determining factors of development of the region’s economic complex are the characteristics of the economic-geographical location, the natural-resource potential, the natural and climatic conditions, and the investment attractiveness. The region’s agriculture is being developed in extreme natural conditions. Beef and dairy animal husbandry is the leading branch of specialization of enterprises of the public sector as well as farm enterprises in the region. An important role is also played by the cultivation of grain and vegetable crops for the creation of the local food base.
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