ESSENCE-CONTENT CHARACTERISTICS OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
The paper represents the concepts that form the theoretical basis of regional economics as a science. The article illustrates the essence and content of regional, territorial and local development that are subjects to regional studies.
Keywords: regional economy, concept, scientific approach, region, local community, municipality,
development, regional development, territorial development, local development.
Eugene G. Animitsa, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor; Yaakov P. Silin, Doctor of Economics, Professor; Nadezhda V. Sbrodova, Senior Lecturer - Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg.