Trends and factors of green regional economy development: theoretical-research aspect

With the deepening of industrialization, modernization and urbanization, global environmental and resource problems are becoming more and more serious, and the development of a green economy is becoming an important global trend that is also reflected at the regional level. The goal of the study is to analyze the key factors determining green economic trends and to attempt to determine the future directions of these trends themselves. The methodological basis of the study was formed by analytical and comparative methods, as well as relevant works of scientists devoted to the study of trends and factors of green economy development, primarily in the regional context. The results of the analysis show that, firstly, the connotation of the essence of the green economy is constantly evolving and becoming broader. The Sustainable Development Goals perspective emphasizes that a green economy is a low-carbon, environmentally friendly and sustainable model of the dynamic trajectory. Secondly, the system of relevant tools for assessing and indicating the trends of the green economy is becoming increasingly multidimensional in terms of reflecting the parametric characteristics of environmentally oriented development of the regional economy. Thirdly, there is a gradual transformation in the methods of researching the factors of impact on the green economy development, expressed in the transition from unilinear causal analysis to multidimensional non-linear network one, covering not only explicit but also implicit factors. It is shown that future research in this area will be increasingly interdisciplinary, practically orientated towards the development of regional green policies. 

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