Management of one-industry towns development: Russian and foreign modelling approaches

The paper considers some approaches to definition of the concept of a one-industry town, as well as to management of one-industry towns development. It provides an analytical overview of current application of economic-mathematical modelling tools and development of programmes (strategies) for socioeconomic development of one-industry towns in Russia and other countries. It is discovered that there are the following basic methods of economic-mathematical modelling of one-industry towns development in Russia and abroad: regression analysis, analytic hierarchy process, linear programming, cluster analysis and others. Regression analysis and analytic hierarchy process are applied when determining integrated indices of a one-industry town''s investment attractiveness, measuring level of a town''s depressiveness and life quality. Cluster analysis is used for one-industry towns identification. Linear programming (optimum allocation) is applied for solving migration and employment tasks. Purpose-oriented programme management is commonly practised for one-industry towns development in Russia and abroad. Following the results of the research, the authors state the main problems of the existing methodological approaches, directions of the support for one-industry towns development, recommendations for application of international experience in Russia, particularly for development of a national programme of restructurisation of one-industry towns, based on the state strategy of development and application of basic economic-mathematical modelling methods.