Economic security as the basis for sustainable development of the territories of different levels

¹ Regional, Municipal Economics and Governance Department, Ural State University of Economics, Ekaterinburg, 620144, Russia
² Department of Foreign Languages, Ural State University of Economics, Ekaterinburg, 620144, Russia

^* Corresponding author: levstrelkov@mail.ru

Abstract

Sustainable development of territories at the national and global level has become a topical area of research since the end of the XX century. At the same time for each national economy individual priorities of achieving sustainability are defined. The paper is analysed the theoretical basis of the concept of “sustainable development” of the territory. The study reveals the direct link between sustainable development and economic security at each territorial level: from macro to micro. The analysis of domestic and foreign scientific studies, normative documents allows determining that ensuring economic security at different territorial levels contributes to the achievement of sustainability in their socio-economic development, and many indicators are identical for both security and sustainability assessment. The authors present a model of sustainable territories’ development of different levels on the basis of the implementation of the directions in the sphere of economic security.