Modeling of the resort and recreational system of towns and district centres with the use of GIS databases

Abstract

Information models based on spatial data are widely used for management in different branches of economy and regional social and economic systems in general. For example, the functional tools of the models allow us to apply them for the diagnostics of regional resort and recreational systems to determine the trends of their development. In its turn, the fact is connected with the quality increase of information and analytical processes, data availability for service market subjects, authorities, relevant ministries and departments. The study hypothesis is the assumption that the adaptation of the existing models and approaches of GIS to the solution of spatial development of territories will significantly increase the management quality of resort and recreational systems of towns and district centres. The purpose of the study is to develop theoretical and methodical foundations for an information model of the resort and recreational system of towns and district centres with the application of geo-information data bases that are integrated into the indices of social and economic development of a territory. The approach introduction should increase the efficiency of management decision making in the field of development of towns and district centres and should optimize the location of infrastructure facilities and resorts and spa centres. That will increase their profit and quality of the offered health products and services in future and, as a result, it will improve the quality of life of the population in the region. The study is methodologically based on universal scientific methods, systems and situations approaches, social and economic process modelling. The scientific novelty of the research is to develop an information model of the resort and recreational system of towns and district centres using GIS data bases that includes the indices of the assessment of the model efficiency that will allow to adapt it to the demands of consumers and enterprises functioning in the tourism industry and a resort and recreational complex. Studying modern trends of GIS development we have come to the conclusion about their advantages for application. GIS focus on the solution of the applied tasks of a regional planning of the resort and recreational industry development, increase the quality of management decisions in this sector, allow us to consider and to control the territory’s resource potential more precisely. The application of GIS for towns and district centres with the existing and potential resort and recreational specialization has been characterised. The trends for the analysis of the resort and recreational systems of towns and district centres have been determined. The analysis of the structure, database composition including geo-information basis and social and economic indices has been revealed. The model of the resort and recreational system of towns and district centres with GIS data bases, we have suggested, allows us to manage the territory development efficiently, to reveal an optimal arrangement of an infrastructure, to develop a master-plan and to implement infrastructural projects in the frameworks of the state and regional programs with commercial and social results substantiation. Further studies will be devoted to the upgrade of the existing GIS in accordance with the information needs of the participants of resort and recreational systems and relevant ministries and departments.

Keywords

resort and recreational system, information model, GIS, towns, territory development, resort and recreation specialization, quality of services, quality of life of the population, development strategy, economic effectiveness.

Acknowledgements

The article has been financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation within the framework of project No. 17-18-01324 “Sustainable development of economic territories on the basis of network cooperation of towns and district centres”.

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