Assessment of sustainable development of cities and communities in the context of territorial and economic cooperation
The article analyzes the development of cities and territorial communities in terms of compliance with sustainable development goals, criteria and principles of economic development of Ukraine in the implementation of the reform of decentralization of power and local self-government. Scientific principles of assessment of sustainable development of cities and territorial communities in Ukraine are formulated in accordance with the postulates of sustainable development and taking into account the institutional features of decentralization reform in Ukraine, taking into account the requirements for forming comprehensively viable and economically self-sufficient territorial communities. The article assesses the readiness for cooperation and unification of cities and communities of Ukraine. Agreements depending on the spheres of cooperation of territorial communities are considered. The state and dynamics of intermunicipal cooperation processes in Ukraine are analyzed.