Environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainable development in Kyzylorda Region

Abstract

In this article the ecological-socio-economic aspects of sustainable development of Kyzylorda region are investigated. In the author’s work scientific aspects to the study of sustainable development of the region, the urgency of which is due to the need for greening the economy and adopted by the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2016-2030 years are argued. In this regard, the source determining the basis of a broad assessment, was the general use of methods of inter-regional and inter-sectoral comparisons. Background information of the study is formed by the data of the official statistical reporting. The objectives of the study are aimed at approbation of a general assessment, through which it is possible to identify not only the level, but also its socio-environmental and economic balance. The article argues the composition of the fundamental indicators for the principal components of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social. The paper outlines the trajectory of sustainable development of Kyzylorda region, conducted with the help of a matrix of aggregate analysis, which combines studies of the level of development of the region with assessments of the degree of socio-environmental-economic balance. The study made it possible to identify the main problems of the region and steadily manifesting dynamic socio-environmental-economic discrepancies, which will require rational and effective interventions from the state authorities.