INTEGRATED EVALUATION METHODS AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR REGULATION OF ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF REGIONS

Abstract

The article considers existing integrated and index methods of assessing the level of competitiveness of regions in terms of environmental and economic parameters. The author presents his own vision of such techniques and group them into economic content. The study presents a critical evaluation of the parameters and criteria that underpin such assessments. A feature of the study is the analysis of indicators from the point of view of managing the level of competitiveness of the regions. The objective of establishing the level of competitiveness of the regions is not only the analysis of the current state, but also the establishment of those aspects and parameters that require special attention from the controlling entities. Ecological and economic competitiveness can provide rational, socio-perspective development of the whole system of economic management of the region. Accordingly, the indicator or their aggregate that characterizes the level of such competitiveness should be comprehensive and versatile and reflect not only the general conditional development of ecological and economic characteristics, but also the directions and methods for their effective management. The most common method of determining the level of competitiveness of regions is to determine the integral indicator based on a set of parameters of socio-economic development. Accordingly, an assessment of ecological and economic competitiveness could be conducted by analogy, but provided that the components of the integral index are supplemented by environmental parameters and with the exception of non-essential. To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of such a transformation of existing techniques, we will analyze the main ones. The vast majority of integral techniques can provide users with a general idea of the level of competitiveness of the regions, but from the standpoint of its individual aspects, in particular, environmental and economic ones, are too narrow. For the purposes of management, the results of such assessments are more useful in the context of their components. Accordingly, it is from a set of parameters and indicators that is the basis of the evaluation depends on its usefulness for management purposes. As a result, the author outlines a methodology for assessing the level of ecological and economic competitiveness, which can fully meet the needs of management of it.