Conceptual approach to the management of spatial capital development

The article was devoted to substantiation of the conceptual approach to the management of spatial capital development, because nowadays it is not efficient enough to use standard techniques and management tools in achieving the sustainability of economic development. Analyzing, systematizing and generalizing scientific works of foreign and Ukrainian researchers, the evolution of concepts of capital and space was considered, the author’s definition of the concept of “spatial capital” was proposed Alternative models of substantiation of unevenness of economic space (central-peripheral model, model of factors of “first” and “second” nature) were considered. Indicators and methods of quantitative assessment of unevenness of spatial capital development were summarized, among which the most favorable are the Taylor indices, the Atkinson index. They allow to identify the scale, dynamics and structure of uneven development of spatial capital for each component. Five groups of indices of quality assessment of the spatial capital of industrial centers as the main centers of its development, generators and repeaters of global change were proposed. The expediency of using structural indicators was substantiated by the successful implementation of the EU-2020 Strategic Plan for the development of the European Union on the basis of social cohesion and smart specialization. Prospects for further research in this area are the preparation of practical recommendations for improving the spatial and economic policy of Ukraine