The system of public trade service in Kharkiv region: problems and directions of improvement

Abstract

The system of the public trade service is an important component of the national economy, satisfying the material and spiritual needs of people and stimulating in this way regional socio-economic development. However, in Ukraine, this sector has certain development problems to be solved. The aim of the article is identification of territorial development problems of the system of public trade service and working out scientifically justified recommendations for improvement of this system from the perspective of human geography. A method of the component analysis of the developmental vector was applied to characterize the dynamic development of the system of public trade service based on calculations of sum codes of the time derivatives of the research parameters. After grouping of the studied indicators, 5 groups of indicators were distinguished based on prevailing trend of the dynamics of parameters within districts and cities of regional subordination of Kharkiv region and average dynamic within the region on the whole. The distinguished groups of indicators allow identifying level of the problems (regional/local) and determine priorities in their solving.

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Pavlo Kobylin

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  • EP ID EP235990
  • DOI 10.17721/2413-7154/2017.77.33-40
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Pavlo Kobylin (2017). The system of public trade service in Kharkiv region: problems and directions of improvement. Економічна та соціальна географія, 77(), 33-40. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-235990