THE SYSTEM OF INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF URBANIZED TERRITORIES

Abstract

While realizing the concept of sustainable development of towns and cities we face the problem of developing an effective system for evaluation of the level of their development by means of qualitative and quantitative indicators of economic, social and ecological areas. Since there is no single approach to determining sustainable development of urban territories, the formation of indication system is a topical issue nowadays. Indication system of sustainable development of Kherson is based on using the system of basic indicators combined into economic, social and ecological groups. However, it was established that the main role in the formation of territorial equilibrium is played by ecological indicators. The factors having a negative impact on the environment were determined using the model «driving force – pressure – condition – impact – reaction». It was found out that most ecological indicators are referred to negative ones, since an increase in their numerical parameters has a negative impact on the development of the urobosystem. The level of sustainable development for Kherson was determined on the basis of selection of maximal and minimal values of the indicators characteristic of typical residential territories and regions of Ukraine. Complex evaluation of ecological-economic-social condition of Kherson was performed according to the unified scale, developed by the Institute of nature management problems and ecology of the NAS of Ukraine. The results of the calculation of integrated indexes of sustainable development allow considering the ecological condition of Kherson urbosystem as satisfactory, but social and economic conditions of the town are considered as threatening. Using the integrated index of sustainable development we established that water qualitative condition by its chemical composition and soil qualitative condition by the content of heavy metals appeared to be critical indicators of the ecological group. It was determined that a high level of urbanization, intensive anthropogenic pressure on the environment, the development of depopulation processes and low investment opportunities impede the movement of Kherson to sustainable development, therefore the creation of the system of indicators of sustainable development will become a main instrument of efficient functioning of urbosystems.