Single-industry towns of the Russian Arctic: development strategy on the case study of the cities/towns in the Murmansk Oblast

• Published in: Economic and social changes: facts, trends, forecast / Экономические и социальные перемены: факты, тенденции, прогноз
• Main Authors: Vladimir Vsevolodovich Didyk, Larisa Aleksandrovna Ryabova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Vologda Research Center 2014
• Subjects: single-industry towns; the Russian Arctic; development problems; city-forming enterprises; strategic planning; comprehensive investment plans; Sociology (General); HM401-1281; Arctic; Murmansk; Murmansk Oblast
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15838/esc/2014.4.34.8; https://doaj.org/article/8045b4e729274abeaa68dd7198bc6696

The article is devoted to the problems of strategic management of single-industry towns’ development in the Russian Arctic. It presents brief characteristics of the government policies in relation to single-industry towns of the Russian Federation as a whole, and, particularly, of its Arctic zone. On the example of single-industry towns of the Murmansk Oblast it studies strategies of their development, typical problems to shape and implement strategic development plans