VOLUME 1 Issue 3/5

The eco-social dimension of the functioning of rural areas as a condition for their sustainable (balanced) development: methodological approaches in domestic science

Andrii KOPYTKO, candidate of historical sciences

Lviv National University of Nature Management

The problem of the eco-social dimension of the functioning of rural areas is one of the leading conditions for their sustainable development. For this, it is necessary to understand the meaning and structure of the concept of “sustainable development of rural areas”, the defining components of the ecological and social aspects of sustainable development of rural areas. It is important to take into account the influence of factors that determine the state and quality of implementation of programs for the sustainable development of rural areas in Ukraine. It is equally important to be able to understand the role of the real resource potential, which includes natural resources, production and human capital, when developing successful projects for the sustainable development of rural areas. the principles of building state policy in the field of sustainable development of rural areas, in particular, regarding its ecological, social and economic components. In this regard, it is advisable to take into account the importance of organic agriculture in ensuring the sustainable development of rural areas, in particular, in the eco-social plane. Traditionalism and schematism of thinking are often an obstacle to the introduction into circulation of new forms of life activity of the population of rural areas, which would contribute to the progressive creation of a sustainable regime in them, or more appropriate to modern requirements and the development of science and philosophy to the concept of balanced development. The article draws attention to the requirements and methodological developments proposed in domestic science for the construction of programs for the sustainable development of rural areas, where eco-social issues are recognized as dominant, and possible threats due to their non-compliance. In this regard, it is necessary to take into account the methodological approaches that were formed in domestic science and philosophy regarding the understanding of the basic concepts and categories of sustainable development of rural areas in Ukraine, as well as the scientific interpretation of the relationship between the concepts of “sustainable development of agriculture” and “sustainable development of rural areas” and their consideration in the construction of specific eco-social projects and programs.

Key words: sustainable development of rural areas, social aspect of sustainable development of rural areas, ecological aspect of sustainable development of rural areas, decentralization of power, quality factors of the population, state policy in the field of sustainable development of rural areas, organic agriculture, methodological approach in the study of problems of sustainable development of rural areas.