SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL REGIONS: GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS AND LIMITATIONS

Having formed at the end of 20 th century, concept spatial development retains its relevance today. Yet, it is associated with a range problems practical implementation and theoretical vindication, especially regional level. Attaining sustainable development, understood as steady progress balanced across economy, social industries environmental protection, has been deemed impossible without identifying considering factors, such geographical economic-geographical position, conditions their diversity, natural resource location, features economy settlement structure. Coastal regions are affected by sundry other presence seacoast, viewed special resource, access to maritime transport availability marine resources, including renewable ones, which essential for development. The geopolitical situation region components this considered factors. Other limitations include extreme processes events (large waves, tsunamis, typhoons etc.) article aims show that an integral system or combination thereof covering should be most appropriate object assessment, planning management based on nature water land resources. It proposed criteria economic, metrics Strategic monitoring identified principal tools attaining maintaining