Conceptual approaches to forming a model of sustainable rural development

Abstract

Introduction. The establishment of rural territories at all levels of government requires a fuller disclosure of the sectoral and economic, innovation and technological, social and environmental features of their development. One of the challenges to achieving these goals is the functioning of rural territories in the context of the implementation of the decentralization mechanism of power. Their functionality clearly depends on the hierarchy of governance at national, regional, district and base levels, and the definition of consistent actions as a coherent system. Methods. The following methods are used to achieve this goal, a dialectical method of knowledge of the effects of economic laws, a systematic approach to the study of economic phenomena, as well as a number of other methods were used: theoretical generalization, system analysis and synthesis; logical-historical method; institutional approach; abstraction and formalization. The methodological basis of the study was the theoretical development of domestic and foreign scientists on the social and economic development of rural territories, the functioning of territorial communities and the mechanism of their management. Results. The directions of balanced development of economic, social and ecological basis of rural territories under conditions of decentralization of management are substantiated in the article. The conceptual model of balanced development of rural territories and its system of regulation based on the principles of human-centrism is proposed. The list of measures and levers of organizational and economic mechanism of functioning of rural territories in conditions of balanced development is also determined. Discussion. Prospective directions of further research are the study of methodological, organizational and economic principles and principles of formation of priority directions of social and economic functioning of territorial communities and implementation of the strategy of balanced development of rural territories in conditions of deregulation of management. Keywords: concept, model management, sustainable development, rural areas, territorial community.