Assessment of Disproportionate Territorial Development Based on the Example of the Republic of Armenia

Abstract

Alleviation of regional development disparities is one of the most important issues faced by every country. The process of making territorial development proportional begins with the process of recognizing the existing disparities and first of all implies an assessment of disparities in territorial development. In that context, the article is aimed at presenting a calculation model with which it will be possible to measure the disparities of territorial development of countries. The application of the obtained model has been ensured by performing calculations on the example of the Republic of Armenia, and the credibility of the obtained results has been verified by conducting comparisons with another model. By using the model, it is possible to measure the development levels of territorial units, as well as the existing imbalances between the development levels of territorial units. The results obtained on the example of the RA prove that there are some upper medium level disparities of territorial development between Yerevan, the capital of the Republic of Armenia, and the regions, which are characterized by clear tendencies of expansion.