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Modern international scientific community recognizes that the territorial paradigm is of great importance for development of the region. Its essence is in the fact that the territory is considered as an arena of interaction of various driving forces

One of the most topical problems of modern theoretical geography is the development of its fundamental theses. The solution of this task is primarily

The solution of the problem of environmental management is connected with the capabilities of mathematical-geographic modelling on the basis of modern conceptual ideas the characteristic feature of which is the interpretation of environment as an entity determined by the dialectic unity of its natural and socio-economic components. It's important to admit that not allrelations in geography may be presented at a strict formal level, which determines wide opportunities for evaluation of interaction in environment and, consequently, a specific approach to the issue of management of geographic systems.

Assessment and analysis of the main characteristics of the socio-economic development of regions are among the most important ones that allow to solve strategic issues of the choice of optimal solutions in the sphere of regional governance and development prospects. As a rule, the division of groups and corresponding to them types (classes) of districts, each of which has significant, qualitative differences, is the result of such studies. Such division into groups objectively exists in any regional