The Practice of Use and Development of Boarder Situation Potential (Based on the Materials of the Amur Region)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual problem of regional development - the existing practice and promising directions of using the potential of the border situation for the socioeconomic development of the region. The author's position is justified basing on the theoretical analysis of existing research approaches to boarder potential. In the study the current state and transformations in the use and development of border potential in terms of development of Russian-Chinese border cooperation were estimated. It is concluded that the changes under the general foreign economy conditions of cooperation and transformation of border potential provide a significant increase in regional competitive advantages. It causes the necessity to correct strategic plans, so a special importance appears - the use of the new possibilities to create international transport corridor and increase export capacity. It is revealed that the low attractiveness of the region as a place of permanent residence remains. The outflow of population is largely determined by the negative trends in the system of settlement of the region, the increase in the number of small villages and the preservation of the border zone. The paper presents the results of calculations of costs and economic effect of the use of various options for the organization of resettlement of the population in large rural settlements of the region.