Features of Sustainable Development of the Arctic Zone of Russia

Abstract

The need to comply with the goals and objectives of sustainable development of the situation and the values of management objects determines a set of state policy priorities to achieve an acceptable level of safety and quality of life in specific territories of the country. The purpose of the study was to determine the features of sustainable development of individual land territories of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (hereinafterthe Russian Arctic or AZRF), taking into account the results of the dynamics of sustainable development indicators and the type of economy of these regions. To this end, the work presented problem areas of socio-economic development that hinder the successful achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of Russia and the attainability of the goals and objectives of strategic management of the development of these territories. To determine the type of economy and the characteristics of economic development, a structural analysis of the economy was carried out and structural shifts in dynamics were determined. The research methodology includes both general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, and the author's approach to structural analysis of the economy, based on the three-sector model of the Clark-Fisher economy. The main results of the study include: systematization and clarification of the composition of national SDG indicators for the land territories of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, taking into account the peculiarities of their socio-economic development (regional indicators of the SDGs), a typology of the economy of the Russian Arctic regions based on the results of structural analysis; determination of the correlation between regional SDG indicators, goals and priorities of Russian national projects in these regions, and goals and objectives of strategic planning documents; on the example of the transformation of reindeer husbandry, the demanded and accessible digital technologies and methods of "lean production" have been identified, the application of which to the change in the traditional format of this economic activity is aimed at increasing labor productivity, ensuring the off-seasonality of animal husbandry in the Russian Arctic and achieving positive social effects, including regional SDG indicators.