6.1.2 The Relationship between the Spatial Differentiation of Human Potential and the Resilience of Territories in the Context of Socio-Economic and Natural Factors

Research Area 6. Natural and Climatic Factors Affecting Sustainable Development  → Research Program 6.1 Human Capital, Global Change and Territorial Resilience

Project period

2020-2025

Context of Research Project within a Subject of Human Capital

Currently, the idea of space in all its component diversity as a dynamic open system is becoming increasingly relevant: the concepts of socio-geographical space, in which the key role played by human potential, the environment of the population and its resettlement. Human potential must be considered as a strategic resource for the development of regions and cities, and its impact is conditioned by the living environment of the population and its resettlement.

The research project The Relationship between the Spatial Differentiation of Human Potential and the Resilience of Territories in the Context of Socio-Economic and Natural Factors focuses on the development of recommendations for the management of human potential in different types of territories in close relationship with global changes in the economy and the natural environment, based on the ideas of regional resilience, considering the socio-economic dynamics of territories from the point of view of identifying vulnerabilities in their development.

Project Aim

Developing and testing theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the resilience of territories at various spatial levels, taking into account socio-economic and natural factors, spatial differentiation of human potential

Project Objectives:

1. Developing a methodological basis for the study of territorial resilience, taking into account the spatial differentiation of human potential and natural and socio-economic factors of its formation
2. Analyzing global trends in the development of the natural environment and ecology affecting human potential, taking into account their diverse effects at the global, national and regional levels, as well as opportunities and threats
3. Conducting a comprehensive analysis of territorial resilience and the factors explaining it, taking into account the economic, social and natural aspects of the formation of the human potential of territories
4. Decomposing and zoning human potential of territories, analyzing spatial differentiation of human potential in connection with the landscape resilience, developing recommendations for the management of human potential in different types of territories in connection with global changes in the economy and the natural environment

Key Findings

2020

A methodological basis has been developed for a comprehensive study of natural and environmental trends and factors in the world and in Russia that affect the development of human potential, taking into account natural and climatic conditions and the level of resistance of Russian territories.

2021

A logical model of natural and socio-economic factors of territorial resilience in its relationship with human potential has been developed, tested on empirical material for various types of territories.

Methods for assessing the vulnerability of the Russian population to climate risks have been developed and a scheme for conducting calculations at various territorial levels has been defined, solving the problems of spatial comparability of heterogeneous data and assessing the greening of regional economies, and its approbation has been carried out using the example of calculations for the regions of Russia for 2005-2019.

Educational Programs

Educational direction Public Geography and Spatial Solutions of the Bachelor's degree program Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technologies

Publications

1. Gracheva R.G., Sheludkov A.V.   Diffusion of Organic agriculture in Russia as a factor of rural resilience // Regional Research of Russia, 11, 2021, p. 578–588.
2. Report Impacts of Climate Change on Human Potential, Economy and Ecosystems. (RU) Authors: Veronika Vinogradova, Olga Glezer, Raisa Gracheva, Alexandra Dorina, Alexander Zolotokrylin, Alexander Kotov, Nikolay Kurichev, Boris Morgunov, Vladimir Potashnikov, Andrey Ptichnikov, Liliana Proskuryakova, George Safonov, Yulia Safonova, Anastasia Semakina, Igor Semiletov, Anton Sizonov, Andrey Stetsenko, Tatiana Titkova, Natalia Shakhova, Alexander Sheludkov. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow: HSE, 2022.
3. Report Sustainable Development during the Pandemic: Natural Resources, Climate Change and Territorial Resilience (RU). Authors: Veronika Vinogradova, Raisa Gracheva, Alexandra Dorina, Alexander Kotov, Nikolay Kurichev, Boris Morgunov, Boris Morgunov, Vladimir Potashnikov, Liliana Proskuryakova, Andrey Ptichnikov, Georgy Safonov, Julia Safonova, Anastasia Semakina, Igor Semiletov, Anton Sizonov, Andrey Stetsenko, Ivan Frolov, Elena Cherenkova and Natalya Shakhova. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow: HSE, 2022.
4. Leroy, S.A.G., Gracheva, R. & Medvedev, A. Natural hazards and disasters around the Caspian Sea //Natural Hazards. – 2022. – Т. 114. – №. 3. – С. 2435-2478. doi 
5. V. Vinogradova, A. Sheludkov (1/2024). Digest #30 Natural and Climatic Living Conditions for the Russian Population in the Early and Mid-21st Century (RU). 

Conferences

XXII April International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 13-30, 2021):
- Special Round Table Sustainable Development during a Pandemic: Natural Resources, Climate Change and Territorial Resilience (15/04/2021)

XXIII Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 5-22, 2022):
- Special Round Table Sustainable Development in Unstable Times - is it Time to Reformat the Plans  (07/04/ 2022)