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The potential of a “green” economy in the socioeconomic development of Irkutsk Oblast

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We examine the institutional fundamentals of the goals of sustainable development of a territory from the perspective of the development vector of a “green” economy that is responsible for the main directions of transformation of the economic complex of countries and regions. The possible main development directions of the socioeconomic structure of a typical Siberian region (Irkutsk oblast) are generalized, based on the principles of the modern view of the practical implementation of basic branches (sectors) of a “green” economy. Account is taken of the factor of the resource-oriented development model of the oblast for the foreseeable future by analyzing the main conceptual-strategic and planning documents defining the socioeconomic status of the territory into 2030. The main directions of modernization of the Irkutsk oblast’s economic complex are suggested having regard to the principles of a “green” economy in order to ensure favorable conditions for future generations, including ecological conditions. A priority is given to an increase in the proportion of the branches (kinds of economic activity) in the gross regional product as well as in other socioeconomic indicators, which have the least negative influence on the environment. We formulated the development directions of one of the kinds of activity of current relevance to the oblast, namely waste management in the form of an environment protection infrastructure, and three structurally-hierarchically arranged main development and functioning levels of the modern environment protection infrastructure are suggested on the principles of a “green” economy (regional, subregional, and local) within the framework of the updated Strategy of Development of the Oblast’s Productive Forces.

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  1. V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia

    T. I. Zabortseva

  2. Department of Regional Economic and Social Problems, Irkutsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia

    T. I. Zabortseva, A. N. Kuznetsova & S. I. Violin

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Original Russian Text © T.I. Zabortseva, A.N. Kuznetsova, S.I. Violin, 2017, published in Geografiya i Prirodnye Resursy, 2017, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 154-161.

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Zabortseva, T.I., Kuznetsova, A.N. & Violin, S.I. The potential of a “green” economy in the socioeconomic development of Irkutsk Oblast. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 38, 379–385 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372817040102

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