Indicators for assessing the social sustainability of regions in an environment of change

ENThe article reveals how the issue of regional social sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the modern environment of change theoretical principles are distinguished, based on regional social sustainability indicators. A variety of methods and tools for measuring sustainability can be found in scientific sources, but indicators to measure the social sustainability of regions are poorly disclosed, although they play an important role in an environment of change. In response to recent changes in the world, it is important to provide new and effective ways to meet the needs of today's society. Observing the problems of the regions in recent years in the period of change, one of the main goals becomes to strengthen the results of regional development and to establish the main sustainability indicators for the assessment of social sustainability of the regions. Purpose – The aim of this article is to identify key indicators for assessing the social sustainability of regions on the basis of theoretical analysis. Design/methodology/approach – In order to conceptually define the indicators of social sustainability of the regions, a systematic and logical analysis of the scientific literature was performed in the Google scholar system. Finding – the analysis of the scientific literature allowed to determine the main indicators of the assessment of the social sustainability of the regions. The developed model of regional social sustainability assessment indicators reveals the main indicators of social sustainability assessment, which enable the country's regions to overcome adverse events.Research limitations/implications – the limitation of the study is that too little attention is paid to indicators of institutional data that the academic literature describes as important for social sustainability. Practical implications – the results of this study can be useful in strengthening social sustainability in regions during changes. Originality/Value – Based on the results of the analysis of scientific literature sources, the author of the article identified the main social, economic, ecological - energy and demographic indicators of social sustainability of the regions. Keywords: regions, social sustainability, indicators. Research type: literature review Scientific problem – the problem of regions is widely discussed in scientific sources. However, the social sustainability of regions in a period of change is a relatively new phenomenon, and indicators for assessing social sustainability in regions are generally not well studied. [From the publication]