Abstract:

Monotowns are a widespread phenomenon in the world. They actively evolve, when a country undergoes a certain period of development, i.e. dynamic process of industrialization, exploitation of significant volumes of mineral resources (‘a town near the field’). After the peak of their development in all countries (along with Russia, they include Canada, the United States, Chile, Australia, Germany, Sweden), monotowns are a recurrent theme of the regional policy of governments. 

The article presents the monitoring results of the economic security indicators of monotowns to improve organizational and administrative activities of Russian regional authorities and local governments in the sphere of regulation and development of municipalities. The purpose of the monitoring is to identify the causes that aggravate the socio-economic situation, which are beyond the existing capabilities of monotown entities (municipal governments, city-forming enterprises, etc.).

The novelty of the research contributes to the valuation of in-house capacity of monotown entities in their activities aimed at ensuring the efforts for executive authorities to create favorable conditions for the economy of the Voronezh Oblast.

The monitoring presented in the article provides an assessment of the stability of the economic state of municipalities with a special status of the Voronezh region and allows you to get data for providing Executive authorities with information that directly affects the economic security of a single-industry city.