cientific and Innovative Complex as Оne of the Basic Factors of Transformation of the Settlement Framework on the Example of the Scheme of Territorial Planning of the Sverdlovsk Region. Prerequisites for the Inclusion of the Scientific and Innovative Comp

Abstract

The challenges facing the country in converting the country's economy to an innovative path bring to a new level the city­forming role of the country's scientific and innovative complex. The settlement systems of the regions of the Russian Federation, together with the territorial structure of the economy, were formed mainly at the industrial stage of the country's development in close cooperation with production. During the transition to market principles of economic organization, the structure of the regional economy, which was largely destroyed in the 90s of the last century, has undergone significant changes, causing a high degree of spatial heterogeneity of economic growth in the region, changing the demographic situation in municipalities, and has caused the degradation of some intraregional settlement systems. The innovative way of development changes the role of various types of settlements in the economy, making new demands on both the quality of life on the territory and the quality of labor resources in the local labor market. The transformation of an economy focused on modernization and innovative development should consider the provision of conditions for the diffusion of innovations at the spatial level. Issues of intensification of innovation activities are becoming important in order to improve the quality of sustainable development in the Sverdlovsk region as a whole, as well as the industrial and production framework. The main driver of transformation is the scientific and innovative complex of the region, and the place of activation is the territory of its primary location and development.