Impact of landed property transformation on reproductive process in the agrarian process of regions

The article presents the results on land ownership transformation and its impact on the reproductive process in the agricultural sector of the Volga Region Federal District in conditions of the existing model. The analysis of the consequences of the land reform, of which 115,4 million hectares of agricultural lands were transferred into common share ownership in the form of land shares without defining the boundaries on the ground, was carried out. Availability of land shares which are not transformed into the land, fouls up and causes chaos and uncertainty in land relations, leading to the criminalization of the land market, speculative land transactions, hinders the development of the land turnover. The position of the Volga Region Federal District and its individual regions in regard to the national indexes that characterize agricultural production, factors of reproduction, is established. The conclusion concerning the low level of production profitability is made, and it hampers the extended reproduction and, consequently, the high demand for land for agricultural purposes in the future.peer-reviewe

Foresight technologies in the formation of a sustainable regional development strategy

In the modern regional management system, new principles, methods and tools should be used. The purpose of this paper is to substantiate theoretical and methodological approaches to the application of foresight technologies as a modern tool for optimizing the system of regional management in the formation of a strategy for sustainable development. The paper analyzes the Russian and international experience of foresight formation and identifies the features of foresight introduction at the meso level; a roadmap for the sustainable development of a region, developed based on an analysis of long-term forecast and program regional documents, as well as a SWOT analysis of the socio-ecological and economic system of the Republic of Tatarstan. The study determines the significance of foresight technologies in the context of the formation of sustainable development strategies for regional and municipal administrations. Recommendations on the developed "Roadmap for the Sustainable Development of the Republic of Tatarstan" were studied and used in implementing measures to ensure the sustainable development of the urban economy.peer-reviewe