The most influential foreign researchers on the sustainable development problems
are Donella H. Meadows [3], G. Brundtland [4], М. Ashby [5], N. Droste [6],
K. Fiorella [7] and others. However, these researchers did not conduct the
investigations of agricultural land use sustainability in Ukraine.
Leading Ukrainian scientists Tykhonov A. H., Hrebeniuk N. V.,
Tykhonenko O. V., Fedenko V. P., and others [8] made an important contribution to
the development of scientific foundations for a comprehensive evaluation of
sustainable land use development. They proposed a system of indicators of
sustainability of agricultural land use, which consists of more than 30 groups of
indicators.
In the prior studies [8] we presented the results of a critical analysis and synthesis
of existing approaches and methodologies for regional development assess. It should
be provided a new method of monitoring and evaluation of the state regional policy
implementation [9]. According to the list of measure’s indicators, specified in the Order
of monitoring and evaluation of implementation of the state regional policy, [10] the
results are monitored in 12 areas: the economic and social cohesion; economic
efficiency; investment and innovation development and foreign economic cooperation;
the financial self-sufficiency; small and medium enterprises; labor market efficiency;
infrastructure development; renewable energy and energy efficiency; accessibility and
quality of education services; availability and quality of services in health care; social
protection and safety; environmental management and environmental quality.
The rating evaluation is performed by comparing the deviation values of each
concrete region of their best values in the respective regions (reporting) period and the
corresponding regions ranging from the 1
st
to 27
th
place. The rating evaluation is based
on the calculation of parameters of relative deviations of each region from maximum
and minimum values of such parameters in the other regions, by the formula:
í µí±…
í µí±—
= ∑
í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±Ží µí±¥í µí±–
− í µí±¥
í µí±–í µí±—
í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±Ží µí±¥í µí±–
− í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±–í µí±›í µí±–
í µí±›
í µí±–âˆ’1
+∑
í µí±¥
í µí±–í µí±—
âˆ’í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±–í µí±›í µí±–
í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±Ží µí±¥í µí±–
− í µí±¥
í µí±ší µí±–í µí±›í µí±–
í µí±›
í µí±–âˆ’1
, (1)
where R
j
– the sum of ratings of a particular region for each of the indicators,
characterized the area of activity;
x
ij
– the value of i-indicator for j-region;
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