Cartographic interpretation of the strategy of social-cultural development of region: the Crimean experience

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-1-31-142-157

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About the Authors

Irina M. Yakovenko

Crimean Federal University, Institute “Taurida Academy”, Faculty of Geography, Geoecology and Tourism,
4, Akademika Vernadskogo ave., Simferopol, 295007, Russia,
E-mail: yakovenko-tnu@ya.ru

Alexandra B. Shvets

Crimean Federal University, Institute “Taurida Academy”, Faculty of Geography, Geoecology and Tourism,
4, Akademika Vernadskogo ave., Simferopol, 295007, Russia,
E-mail: fusion10@mail.ru

Denis A. Volkhin

Crimean Federal University, Institute “Taurida Academy”, Faculty of Geography, Geoecology and Tourism,
4, Akademika Vernadskogo ave., Simferopol, 295007, Russia,
E-mail: lomden@mail.ru

Abstract

Methodological recommendations for the development of cartographic support for the strategy of socio-cultural development of the Crimean Region are proposed. The types of cartographic interpretation of strategic development of territories are analyzed: socio-economic, geopolitical, socio-cultural. The allocation of areas with different significance in socio-cultural development was carried out on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula: central, semi-peripheral, “advanced” periphery and “deep” periphery. The allocation of territories according to the degree of their centrality and peripherality took into account the spatial disproportions of the socio-cultural development of the Crimean municipal districts located in the flat, mountainous and coastal territories of the peninsula. These disproportions are due to the varying degrees of favorability of the development of general and special infrastructure facilities within the rural areas of Crimea and near the urban centers of active economic growth, which are the cities of Simferopol and Kerch in the Republic of Crimea, as well as the federal city of Sevastopol. For all municipal districts, foci of socio-cultural development were identified based on the analysis of their socio-cultural development profiles formed in the past and newly formed after reunification with the Russian Federation. The ethno-confessional and political characteristics of the identified foci, their capabilities in implementing the border geographic location, the presence of a recreational component in the economic profile, the role in managing transport and logistics operations, ensuring food and energy security of Crimea were taken into account. Taking into account the current geopolitical situation in the world, spatial axes of socio-cultural development of the territory of Crimea were developed. The main idea of the strategy of prospective development of the territory of Crimea is linked by the authors in the harmonious addition of the branches of economic specialization of the focal centers of the peninsula with the possibilities of their socio-cultural implementation in the ethno-confessional space.

Keywords

socio-economic geography, regional development strategy, assessment map, Crimea

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For citation: Yakovenko I.M., Shvets A.B., Volkhin D.A. Cartographic interpretation of the strategy of social-cultural development of region: the Crimean experience. InterCarto. InterGIS. Moscow: MSU, Faculty of Geography, 2025. V. 31. Part 1. P. 142–157. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-1-31-142-157 (in Russian)