SPATIAL ASPECTS OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT DOI: 10.15838/esc.2017.5.53.5 UDC 338.001.36, LBC 65.05 © Skuf’ina T.P., Baranov S.V. The Phenomenon of Unevenness of Socio-Economic Development of Cities and Districts in the Murmansk Oblast: Specifics, Trends, Forecast, Regulation* Tat’yana Petrovna SKUF’INA Luzin Institute for Economic Studies of the Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences Apatity, Russian Federation, 24A, Fersman Street, 184209 e-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract. The article studies the transformation and regulation of the phenomenon of unevenness of socio-economic space. We provide detailed comments on a fundamental nature of the unevenness of development of socio-economic space in any territorial entity (region, country, district, etc.) and point out the importance of research on the unevenness of development from the standpoint of science and management. We substantiate a priority approach to the study of unevenness; in the framework of this approach we move consistently from quantitative assessment of the phenomenon of unevenness of space through identification of specifics and patterns to forecasting and practical recommendations * The study includes research findings under the project of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Murmansk Oblast No. 17-46-510636 r_a “Unevenness of socio-economic development of cities and regions of the European North of Russia: trends, patterns, forecast of impact of bearing zones of development of the Arctic”.