METHODICAL approaches to evaluation of social infrastructure development in the russian northern and arctic regions
The article is devoted to the development of methodological tools providing a system-target analysis of functioning and development of the social infrastructure of the Russian Northern and Arctic regions, primarily in the field of health and education. The urgency of the issues considered in the article is determined by the need for a more precise localization of the problems associated with the socio-economic heterogeneity of the North-Arctic space, manifested in the unevenness of the infrastructural security of these territories. Without a proper provision of municipalities and regions with social infrastructure facilities, the range of potential opportunities for socio-economic development will significantly narrow down, life quality of population of the Russian Northern and Arctic regions will decrease, and implementation of socially-oriented public development will become impossible. The article investigates different approaches to research and evaluation of social infrastructure development. To identify the real situation with social infrastructure facilities in the Russian Northern and Arctic regions and make efficient management decisions aimed at improving life quality of population of the North-Arctic territories, an original authorial methodology for assessing the level of development of the basic spheres of social infrastructure (health and education) has been proposed. The results of the study made it possible to draw the conclusion on the necessity of practical application of the developed coefficients of health care and education accessibility in the decision-making process aimed at development of social infrastructure, as well as in modernization and optimization of its facilities located in the Northern and Arctic regions of Russia.