Author: Svetlana G. Pyankova, Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract. In the paper the author defines the term “single­industry municipality”, analyses the transformation of their socio­economic development, groups single­industry municipalities by their characteristics and the level of socio­economic development (1st group – towns characterized by balanced socio­economic development; 2nd group – towns with unbalanced socio­economic development (arrested economic development); 3rd group – towns with unbalanced socio­economic development (arrested social development); 4th group – towns with unbalaced degenerating type of socio­economic development). The prospective directions of socio­economic development of single­industry municipalities in Sverdlovsk oblast are suggested: keeping industrial specialization provided its technology­intensive base is improved; the development of alternative industries, the service sector and entrepreneurship; the development of infrastructure; accelerated development of social sphere.

Keywords: single-industry municipality, group, development, labour productivity, salary, diversification, infrastructure, consistency, balance

For citation: Svetlana G. Pyankova. Prospective Directions of Socio-Economic Development of Single ­Industry Municipalities. Upravlenets – The Manager, 2016, no. 2(60), pp. 44–49.