Organizational and economic mechanism for the environmentally sustainable development of an industrialized region

Abstract

Insufficient attention to environmental factors and their role in the Russian economy when developing programs for the socioeconomic development of territories led to a decrease in the efficiency of using natural resource potential in crisis conditions and had a negative impact on the ecology of the regions. The current situation required a detailed consideration of the theoretical and methodological issues of the formation of the organizational and economic mechanism of the environmentally sustainable development of the region, which determined the subject of the study. The work uses the methods of scientific knowledge, induction, deduction, systemic and integrated approach. The methods of multidimensional economic and statistical analysis, expert assessments, economic and mathematical modeling are also used as an instrumental and methodological apparatus. The study gives a theoretical idea of the nature and content of the environmentally sustainable development of industrial-developed territories, clarifies the place and role of rational use of the natural resource potential of the territory in shaping the environmentally sustainable development of the region. The paper outlines the structural scheme of the regional organizational and economic mechanism of environmentally sustainable development of the territory. The reasons, forms, consequences of the relations imbalance between society and nature were also clarified. Directions for solving regional environmental problems of the sustainable development of industrialized territories were determined.

Measuring Territorial Social Responsibility and Sustainability Using the EFQM Excellence Model

“…Most of these articles are concerned with environmental and agricultural sciences; a smaller number focus on economic sciences [4]. Many articles refer to SD, differentiating between urban [26], rural [5,[27][28][29], mining and industrial areas [30,31]. However, SD increasingly requires more multidisciplinary studies that provide new proposals to enhance the capacities of territories to adapt to and resolve overall economic problems [4].…”

“…The productive transformation of territories in response to SDG must be supported by institutional policies that promote the creation of alliances and networks involving the participation of all the agents involved [35]. In this respect, a number of authors suggest that territory should be understood as a "socially concerted development project" or "shared resource", giving CSR a territorial vision [30]. TSR, therefore, "is not just the responsibility of the sum of individuals and institutions" [31]; rather, it means planned action for a sustainable future, which involves a process of profound reflection and social action [30].…”

“…In this respect, a number of authors suggest that territory should be understood as a "socially concerted development project" or "shared resource", giving CSR a territorial vision [30]. TSR, therefore, "is not just the responsibility of the sum of individuals and institutions" [31]; rather, it means planned action for a sustainable future, which involves a process of profound reflection and social action [30]. Territorial responsibility begins with the production of territorial development plans with strong communication bridges between stakeholders [36] to establish the indicators that encapsulate the needs of the region [37] and establish a combination of market mechanisms and government regulation [30].…”

“…TSR, therefore, "is not just the responsibility of the sum of individuals and institutions" [31]; rather, it means planned action for a sustainable future, which involves a process of profound reflection and social action [30]. Territorial responsibility begins with the production of territorial development plans with strong communication bridges between stakeholders [36] to establish the indicators that encapsulate the needs of the region [37] and establish a combination of market mechanisms and government regulation [30]. As argued in [38], the development of a region is also conditioned by the development of its neighboring regions, and therefore there is a need for policy coordination at both regional and national levels.…”