Russian Arctic in the context of sustainable development

The article analyzes the socio-economic potential of Russian Arctic regions, by applying a standard statistical reporting for 1990–2011. The analysis is based on the method of critical indicators that made it possible to determine and get an objective assessment of processes taking place in the megaregion. The performed analysis has established that the situation in the Arctic regions sets the development of megaregion within resource-oriented paradigm. The preservation of current trends does not create opportunities even for simple reproduction, imposing significant restrictions on the transition to sustainable territorial development

Keywords

sustainable development, reproduction, critical limit indicators, social and economic potential, russian arctic regions