Management Decisions on Optimizing Regional Educational Infrastructure and Ensuring Its Transport Accessibility

1.1 Particularities of the Research Context

In the framework of the project, the task of the research group of the Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education was not just an assessment but a design of the infrastructure of the regions of priority development as a part of the region’s educational environment (Kuznetsov, 2021). The solution to this problem was complicated by the fact that researchers had no accurate data on the localization of the population, and specific statistics for target regions varied significantly. With this in mind, members of the temporary research team proposed a different (authorial, innovative) modeling strategy that takes into account the best of Russian and international experiences. The proposed strategy, to a greater extent, meets the goals and objectives of modeling the placement of educational infrastructure in advanced special economic zones (ASEZ) (Skobeltsina & Kuznetsov, 2019).

The model involves the implementation of a strict sequence of design stages of a comprehensive organizational and managerial decision on the placement of educational environment in the region, subject to the conditions for ensuring the transport accessibility of its facilities.

Given that the concept of managerial decisions assumes that the main focus of the manager’s activity is the adoption of managerial decisions, the calculation of the coefficients (based on the criteria) is carried out in order to recognize the choice of the most preferred option (the adoption of a complex organizational and managerial decision) for improving the educational infrastructure of the region. Decision-making is the most-preferred option (or inaction) for improving the educational environment of the region.

1.2 Russian Regional Regulation of Infrastructural Development

Following federal requirements (Russian Federation, 2010; Russian Federation, 2011), Russian regional standards for urban planning are developed, taking into account the following:

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  the administrative-territorial structure of the subject of the Russian Federation;

• 2)

  the socio-demographic composition and population density of municipalities in the territories located within the boundaries of the subject of the Russian Federation;

• 3)

  the climatic conditions of the subject of the Russian Federation;

• 4)

  the strategies for socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation;

• 5)

  the programs of socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation;

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  the forecast of socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation;

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  the proposals of local authorities of municipalities located within the boundaries of the subject of the Russian Federation, and interested parties.

Based on the same requirements (Russian Federation, 2010; Russian Federation, 2011), local standards for urban planning are developed, taking into account the following:

• 1)

  socio-demographic composition and population density in the territory of the municipality;

• 2)

  plans and programs for the integrated socio-economic development of the municipality;

• 3)

  the proposals of local authorities and interested parties.