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УДК 911 
 
ВОСПРИЯТИЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ПРОБЛЕМ 
РАЗВИТИЯ РЕГИОНА (НА ПРИМЕРЕ 
ВОЛГОГРАДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ) 
 
Шувалова Ольга Александровна 
аспирант 
Кафедра рационального природопользования, 
географический факультет, Московский 
государственный университет имени М.В. 
Ломоносова, Москва, Россия 
lola.shuvalova@gmail.com
 
Bas Pedroli 
Dr., Associate Professor/Senior Researcher Alterra  
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=660
3412893 
Land Dynamics Group, Wageningen University, P.O. 
Box 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands 
 
Сушко Валентина Афанасьевна 
к.с.н., доцент 
Кафедра методологии социологических 
исследований, социологический факультет, 
Московский государственный университет имени 
М.В. Ломоносова, Москва, Россия 
 
Статья посвящена оценке восприятия различными 
группами населения социально-экономических и 
экологических проблем развития Волгоградской 
области. На основе собственного 
социологического исследования, проведенного в 
33 районах и 6 городах области, выявлены 
приоритетные вопросы развития для городской и 
сельской местностей. На уровне 
административных районов проведен 
пространственный анализ по степени 
удовлетворенности жизнью населением 
 
Ключевые слова: УСТОЙЧИВОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ, 
КАЧЕСТВО ЖИЗНИ, СЕЛЬСКАЯ И ГОРОДСКАЯ 
МЕСТНОСТЬ, СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ 
ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ 

UDC 911 
 
LOCAL PERCEPTION OF REGIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES – THE VOLGOGRAD 
CASE 
 
Shuvalova Olga Aleksandrovna 
postgraduate student 
Environmental Management Department, 
Geographical Faculty, Moscow State University of 
Lomonosov M.V., Moscow, Russia 
lola.shuvalova@gmail.com
 
 
Bas Pedroli 
Dr., Associate Professor/Senior Researcher Alterra  
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=660
3412893 
Land Dynamics Group, Wageningen University, P.O. 
Box 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands 
 
Sushko Valentina Afanasievna 
Cand.Sociol.Sci., associate professor 
Methodology of Sociological Research Department, 
Sociological Faculty, Moscow State University of 
Lomonosov M.V 
 
 
The article is devoted to evaluation of local 
inhabitant’s perception toward socio-economic and 
environmental problems of development in the 
Volgograd region. The most important issues for 
certain areas have been revealed based on author’s 
sociological research held in 33 rural and 6 urban 
districts. The spatial analysis of level of life 
satisfaction is made for municipalities of the region  
 
 
 
  
Keywords: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 
QUALITY OF LIFE, RURAL AND URBAN AREA, 
SURVEY 

 
1. Introduction 

Over 800 sustainable activity indicators were developed, mentioned in the 

Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives [Wallis et al., 

2010], in order to estimate sustainable development. A.M. Wallis et al., 

regarding existed models of Sustainability Assessment, collated them into three 

groups, namely, the pillar models, the human-ecosystem models and the 

principles of sustainability. Each of these assessments is based on different 

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approaches. Human – ecosystem models grounded on the carrying capacity 

concept, which assumed that there are limitations to human influence on the 

environment. In the second method, indicators are chosen according to the 

principles of sustainability. The pillar models come from the early first 

definition of the concept of sustainable development, which was described in a 

report of the Brundtland Commission «Our common future» and defined as a 

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the 

ability of future generations to meet their own need. There has been considered 

the two-pillar approach of environment and development. Since that time 

numerous modifications have been made to the interpretation of the concept and 

the current milestone is the three-bottom or three-pilar model that takes into 

account environmental, social and economic parts of development. According to 

Pope [Pope et al., 2004], sustainability is a multidimensional concept, where all 

the aspects must be considered and integrated.  

The scope of sustainable development practices encompass a broad range 

of parameters considering facets of the concept, but complementary bottom-up 

approach taking into account local citizens’ awareness, demands and attitudes 

are still absent. Relatively few studies touch community participation in defining 

concept, indicators, and goals for sustainability. Thus, Valentin and 

Spangenberg [Valentin, Spangenberg, 2000] hold the view of community 

participation in selecting indicators, which should be simple and relevant. The 

relevance can be defined from strategic policy documents, but vitally in accord 

with public opinion. Kain [Kain, 2000] described a prism of sustainable 

development in which one of the facets is mind as a social dimension of 

awareness of individual subject, forms of their knowledge, views and 

experiences. The Research Institute Ambiente Italia in a frame of the project 

ECI (European Common Indicators) developed a list of ten indicators, which 

represented answers of respondents [Tarzia, 2003]. A.M.Wallis together with his 

colleagues (2011) analysed models that had been used for developing