Technological sustainability as a basis for sustainable industrial development of the Arctic regions

Various types of stability and their corresponding definitions are considered in the literature. The purpose of the article is to consider the new concepts of “technological sustainability” and “sustainable technological development”, the possibility of achieving such a state of development by production systems and to assess the impact of technological sustainability of production in the context of the transition of the world economy to the concept of development “Industry 4.0” on the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the development of economic systems of various levels, including the Arctic regions of Russia. The research is based on the concept of the life cycle of technological development of production systems (manufacturing firms and industries) introduced into scientific circulation, consisting of six stages, where each stage shows a change in values over time (increase or decrease) in material productivity, capital productivity and, most importantly, the coefficient of the level of manufacturability of production as the ratio of material productivity to capital productivity. The sustainable technological development of production systems is ensured only at one stage out of six possible, when the values of material productivity, capital productivity and the coefficient of the level of manufacturability of production simultaneously increase. As a result, due to a significant increase in the level of material output, which means a decrease in the level of material consumption, the introduction of technological innovations reduces the consumption of raw materials, materials and energy per unit of output and thereby reduces the impact of production on the natural environment, including by reducing the volume of production waste, that is, environmental sustainability is ensured. The theoretical and methodological provisions considered were used to assess the sustainability of the industrial technological development of four regions — subjects of the Federation, which are completely included in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, for the period 2005—2016.

Zharov V. S. Technological sustainability as a basis for sustainable industrial development of the Arctic regions. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(10-2):62—70. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_102_0_62.

Zharov V. S., Dr. Sci. (Economics), Professor, Chief Researcher, e-mail: zharov_vs@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1877-9214, G. P. Luzin Institute of Economic Problems of the Federal Research Center “Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 184209, Apatity, Russia.

Zharov V. S., e-mail: zharov_vs@mail.ru.

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