The Unevenness of Construction Market Development and Regional Infrastructure Development in Russia

Aim. The presented study aims to address the issues of the unevenness of construction market development and regional infrastructure development in the Russian Federation.

Tasks. The authors analyze the scale of the construction markets in Russian regions and compare it with the level of infrastructure development.

Methods. This study uses statistical methods of information processing, including the index method, ranking, and expert assessment. Input data for the analysis include official statistical reports of the Federal State Statistics Service (major socio-economic indicators and indicators of construction activity development in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation), analytical reviews of InfraOne Research — Russian infrastructure: development index 2020, and data from the SPARK service.

Results. The study examines the specific features of regional construction market development and divides regions into five groups based on the scale of construction markets. The authors assess the relationship between the volume of construction works and the scale of the contractor market with the values of the infrastructure development index and the volume of housing commissioning. It is concluded that there is a mutual influence between the scale of the construction market and the level of infrastructure development. The results of the study can be used in the development (updating) of strategies for the development of the construction complex and infrastructure, as well as in the implementation of government policy in this area.

Conclusions. Based on the analysis of the volume of construction works, Russian regions are divided into five groups depending on the scale of the construction market. The scale is assessed based on the extent of the region’s contribution to the total volume of construction works performed in the Russian Federation. Assessment of the relationship between the volume of construction works and the scale of the contractor market with the values of the infrastructure development index indicates that regions with a large volume of construction works have a higher infrastructure development index. The volume of construction works and the number of construction companies do not always have an effect the infrastructure development index.

1. The strategy of spatial development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025. Approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 13, 2019 No. 207-r. Russian Government. URL: http://government.ru/docs/35733/ (accessed on 20.08.2021). (In Russ.).

2. National projects. URL: https://национальныепроекты.рф/projects/zhile-i-gorodskayasreda (accessed on 20.08.2021). (In Russ.).

3. Jochimsen R. Theorie der Infrastruktur: Grundlagen der marktwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Tubingen: Mohr; 1996. 253 p.

4. Cootner P.H. Social overhead capital and economic growth. In: Rostow W.W., ed. The economics of take-off into sustained growth. London: Palgrave Macmillan; 1963:261-284. (International Economic Association Series). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-63959-5_15

5. Rosenstein-Rodan P.N. Notes on the theory of the “big push”. In: Ellis H.S., Wallichd H.C., eds. Economic development for Latin America. London: Palgrave Macmillan; 1961:57-81. (International Economic Association Series). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08449-4_3

6. Kheinman S.A. Scientific and technological revolution and structural changes in the economy of the USSR. Kommunist. 1969;(14):63-75. (In Russ.).

7. Chichkanov V.P., Vazhenin S.G. Problems of improving the development of the infrastructure of the region. Sverdlovsk: Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences; 1979. 75 p. (In Russ.).

8. Blokhin Yu.V. Industrial infrastructure of the region: Problems of methodology and methodology, research experience. Kishinev: Shtiintsa; 1980. 132 p. (In Russ.).

9. Dronov V.P. Industrial infrastructure as a factor of regional development. Izvestiya Vsesoyuz nogo geograficheskogo obshchestva. 1991;123(2):128-133. (In Russ.).

10. Dorofeeva L.V. Assessment of infrastructural potential as part of the factors of competitiveness of regions. Ekonomika i sotsium. 2016;(11-1):477-485. (In Russ.).

11. Kuznetsova A.I. Infrastructure. Issues of theory, methodology and applied aspects of modern infrastructure development. Geoeconomic approach. Moscow: KomKniga; 2006. 454 p. (In Russ.).

12. Mordovchenkov N.V. Methodological studies of complex problems of regional infrastructure in the context of globalization of economy and finance (theory, concept, paradigm). Nizhny Novgorod: Volga State Engineering and Pedagogical Academy; 2003. 359 p. (In Russ.).

13. Chernavskii I.F. Agricultural production infrastructure (theory and practice). Moscow: Ekono mika; 1979. 229 p. (In Russ.).

14. Yakovleva S.I. Regional development infrastructure. Regional’nye issledovaniya. 2005;(2):3-18. (In Russ.).

15. Melnikov R.M., Furmanov K.K. Evaluating the impact of infrastructure on economic development in Russian regions. Region: ekonomika i sotsiologiya = Region: Economics and Sociology. 2019;(4):204-225. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15372/REG20190409

16. Gryaznova A.G., Antonyuk V.S., Kornienko E.L. Regional problems in managing communications infrastructure in the digital economy. Upravlenets = The Manager. 2019;10(4):38-50. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.29141/2218-5003-2019-10-4-4

17. Animitsa E.G., Ratner N.M., Sharygin M.D. Ural region: Socio-economic development: (geographic aspect). Sverdlovsk: Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; 1992. 121 p. (In Russ.).

18. Petrov M.B., ed. Problems of infrastructural support of spatial socio-economic development of macroregions. Yekaterinburg: Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS; 2019. 233 p. (In Russ.).

19. Dvoryadkina E.B., Sapozhnikova E.E. Regional market infrastructure: An evolutionary approach to research. Yekaterinburg: Ural State University of Economics; 2010. 194 p. (In Russ.).

20. Ignatieva E.D., Mariev O.S., Serkova A.E. Methodical approach to the assessment of the impact of infrastructure availability on social and economic development of Russian regions. Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Seriya: Ekonomika = Perm University Herald. Economy. 2019;14(3):434-447. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.17072/1994-9960-2019-3-434-447

21. Bednyakov A.S. The role of infrastructure in ensuring sustainable socio-economic development and competitiveness: Topical issues in Russia and abroad. Izvestiya Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo ekonomicheskogo universiteta. 2021;(1):155-161. (In Russ.).

22. Schwab K., Zahidi S. The global competitiveness report. Special edition 2020: How countries are performing on the road to recovery. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2020. 95 p. URL: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2020.pdf (accessed on 20.08.2021).

23. Dynamics of the volume of work performed by the type of economic activity “Construction”. Federal State Statistics Service. URL: https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/14458 (accessed on 20.08.2021). (In Russ.).

24. SPARK. URL: https://www.spark-interfax.ru (accessed on 28.08.2021). (In Russ.).

25. Rating of regions by volume of investments in fixed assets in 2020. RIA Rating. URL: http://vid1.rian.ru/ig/ratings/investreg0121.pdf (accessed on 28.08.2021). (In Russ.).

26. Russian infrastructure development index 2020. InfraOne Research. URL: https://infraoneresearch.ru/index_id/2020 (accessed on 03.09.2021). (In Russ.).