On the transformation of Russian single-industry towns in the post-industrial era: the role of innovative infrastructure

This article examines the socio-economic effects of creating technology parks in single-industry towns. Particular attention is paid to innovative infrastructure as a tool for territorial development and to reducing the dependence of municipalities on city-forming enterprises. Government programs in the areas under consideration, as well as examples of existing science and technology parks in single-industry towns, are analyzed. Innovative development tools are classified and their applicability for territories of different sizes and with different socio-economic situations is assessed. The main barriers to the formation of innovative infrastructure are identi ed, as well as the factors and conditions under which technology parks contribute to the sustainable socio-economic development of single-industry towns.