ECONOMIC AND SPATIAL FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS

Abstract

Municipal districts are specific objects of research of the economic space of the regions. In recent years, the spatial factor has attracted great attention of scientists and specialists, as its importance for the stability of the development of municipalities is also growing. The communication narrowing of the economic space, which is growing under the influence of digital technologies, forms a new context for the development of the city's economy.Most municipalities in the North Caucasus Federal District republics are characterized by a highly specialized economic structure, low profitability of the local population, increasing depopulation, an undeveloped labor market, low investment in local infrastructure, and lack of business ties with large urban agglomerations. Undoubtedly, the economic and spatial development of municipalities in the mountainous regions of the depressed republics of the North Caucasus Federal District in comparison with the foothill and lowland municipalities has significantly lower financial, infrastructural, managerial and other opportunities for confrontation in the region. Ignoring the chronic problems of municipal districts increases the imbalance of spatial development of territories and continues to exacerbate environmental, transport and other problems. This situation activates the outflow of population from such municipalities, which are usually located outside urbanized territories, destroys the resource base of local self-government, and leads to the loss of financial, intellectual and other capital. Of course, this actualizes the need to study certain theoretical aspects of the formation of municipal districts as a type of municipal formations and their impact on the economic space of the region.