Authors:
Vladimir Dyachenko
1
and
Viktoriya Lazareva
2
Affiliations:
1
Economic Research Institute of Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 153 Tikhookeanskaya St., Khabarovsk, Russia, Russian Federation
;
2
Amur State University, 21, Ignatievskoe Highway, Russia, Russian Federation
Keyword(s):
Modernization, Peripheral Territory, Geostrategic Territory, Regional Periphery, Regional Policy, Economic Space, Transport System, Far East.
Abstract:
Economic modernization has recently become an integral part of regional policy. Along with that, the expert
community consider solving tasks of modernizing peripheral regions' economy, including the Far East, to be
one of the tough problems. In giving new impetus to the modernization of the regional economy, an important
role is assigned to spatial transformations, for which the Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian
Federation until 2025 identifies geostrategic territories, within which the state uses a wide range of tools. This
paper doesn't consider the determination of geostrategic territories as an element of a selective regional policy
aimed at using the potential of the federal centre for implementing the goals of integrated regional
development, but primarily as space within which conditions are created for implementing economic projects
that ensure achieving state geostrategic goals. As a result, less-developed peripheral regions become centres
of economic a
ctivity of large economic entities. For the Far East, one of the most important geostrategic goals
is the creation of an export transport infrastructure that ensures integration into the Asia-Pacific Region. As
part of this work, an attempt is made to assess the dynamics of processes taking place as large transport
investment projects being implemented. The Amur Region, which has all the peculiarities of the regional
periphery, was chosen for the research. Particular attention is paid to the remaining problems, including
significant limitations in transport accessibility, a high deterioration of the transport infrastructure.
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