Ostapenko P. Transformation of the administrative and territorial structure of the Poltava region: socio-geographical research

The author's approach and the model of the ATS transformation in the Poltava region are proposed. The historical and geographical study of the system of the administrative and territorial structure of the Poltava region was carried out and the corresponding historical and geographical sections were identified. The method of assessing the potential and level of development of territorial taxa is used, with the help of which the potential and level of development of each district of the Poltava region before the beginning of the decentralization reform of power and local government are determined. This allowed us to typify existing areas of the region and determine the differences in the socio-economic development of the territory, develop recommendations for the prospective development of each district, proposals for the rational use of their territorial resources. For the first time in the study of the administrative-territorial structure, a method was used to assess the potential and level of development of territorial taxa. With the help of this method, the potential and level of development of each district of the Poltava region were determined before the beginning of the decentralization reform of power and local self-government. This allowed us to typify the existing areas of the region and determine the differences in the socio-economic development of the territory, develop recommendations for the prospective development of each district, proposals for the rational use of their territorial resources.