The Current Situation of Social Infrastructure and its Territorial Planning in the Shaki District (Azerbaijan)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2712-7621-2023-3-163-174
Abstract
Aim. The purpose of the paper is to study the issues of social infrastructure areas and territorial planning, the implementation level of adopted State programs, and the current state of water, sewerage, electricity, heating, transport, road, and service spheres of the communal areas of the population.
Methodology. The key research method is the methodology for determining of the territorial development index coefficient, comparative analysis with other regions and historical analyses, and mapping all infrastructures in the region.
Results. Research shows that although the State programs and measures are implemented in the Shaki region, the development of social infrastructure is not at the desired level. However, the social infrastructure and its separate areas of water supply, gas supply, and sewage systems in the researched area and villages are not comprehensively provided.
The regional development index reveals that Shaki district ranks 4th in Shaki Zagatala economic region. According to the conducted research, the volume of the measures taken in the direction of the development of the region is mostly concentrated in Gabala, Zagatala, and Gakh regions in recent times. As a result, it was determined that the Shaki region’s function of preventing migration in the region, as well as its role as an economic center, has decreased, and the region has transitioned from monocentric to polycentricity.
Research implications. The results of the study show that mapping the sites of social places and infrastructure using GIS technologies is important in developing social strategy plans and databases as a significant factor in the socio-economic development of the Shaki region.
Keywords
social infrastructure,
planning,
State Programs,
territorial development index,
social welfare,
Shaki district,
GIS
Supporting agencies: I would like to express my profound gratitude to the anonymous referees of journals for taking the necessary time and effort to review the manuscript. I sincerely appreciate all your valuable comments and suggestions, which helped me in improving the quality of the manuscript.
About the Author
N. B. Artunov
Institute of Geography named after Academician Hasan Aliyev, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Nofel Bunyami Artunov – Postgraduate student, Researcher at the Department of political and economic geography of Azerbaijan
pr. G. Javid 115, Baku AZ1143
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