Directions of state regional policy of spatial development

Abstract

The issues of spatial imbalances in the regional development of the Kaluga region are studied to substantiate the directions of regional spatial development policy. The paper proposes a multi-dimensional classification of municipal entities of the Kaluga region based on the municipal statistics of territorial development in terms of demography, social and economic status, infrastructure and investment. The conducted classification helped to identify groups of municipal entities with similar parameters and issues of socio-economic development. To improve the performance of the regional spatial development policy in the Kaluga region, the directions of its implementation are substantiated for each identified group of municipal entities. The proposed solutions help to differentiate the instruments of the regional policy taking into account the specifics of the development of municipal entities.