Polygon competitiveness as an assessment of the social economic development of major cities

Social economic development of the cities is the actual direction at territorial planning today that is supported at the legislative level. In 2014 in the Russian Federation the law on strategic planning which obliges everyone administratively has been adopted – territorial education to develop strategy social economic development with the subsequent assessment of efficiency. The technique of application of a polygon of competitiveness on the basis of expert estimates for comparison and determination of level of a social and economic development of the city in the directions is presented in article: economy, economic activity and production, ecology, social sphere, culture and administrative resources. Uniqueness of an author’s technique consists comparison of qualitative characteristics of a social and economic condition of the territory with the subsequent transformation of data in quantitative, measurable indices that allows to carry out evident comparison not only on a number of indicators, but also to define the competitive directions for further sustainable development. Complexity and multidimensionality of the city explains need of application in his analysis of system approach. The polygon of competitiveness of the city on the basis of expert estimates allows to carry out the complex analysis of the territory on the leading social economic indexes, to reveal states in which they are, to define the competitive directions in a development of the city that will allow to make the strategic development plan correctly. The algorithm of creation of a polygon of competitiveness of the large cities which will allow to automate this process further is also presented in article.