SMALL TOWNS OF THE KRASNODAR REGION IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY
The article represents small towns` distinctiveness, considers their economic, social role in the development of the surrounding rural areas, analyzes the inter-municipal cooperation between small towns and rural areas, and illustrates the necessity to expand the spheres of the inter-municipal cooperation.
Keywords: small town, activities of small towns, role of small towns, differentiation of small towns and rural areas, small town as the center of development, development of the surrounding areas, inter-municipal cooperation, economic, social, infrastructural and institutional relationships.
Tatyana G. Lavrova, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of Kuban State University, Krasnodar.