Environmental and economic diagnostics of the local production systems

Abstract

The article describes the subject, aims, objectives and basic features of the ecological and economic diagnostics at the regional level, applicable in the context of the research on local production systems. For these purposes, characteristics of the main stages of the ecological-economic diagnosis are considered. Further, the structure of the system of regional ecological and economic indicators and their properties are given. The functions of the regional ecological and economic diagnostics in shaping environmental policy are shown. Also, main features of the approach to the choice set of environmental indicators to assess the state of the environment and a number of requirements that they must satisfy are highlighted. Finally, regional ecological and economic diagnostics is regarded as a “must-have” item of the development of environmental policy.