ASPECTS OF SPATIAL-FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF EUROPE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

312-317Динамичность и сложность глобальных процессов развития генерируют многочисленные проблемы в развитии различного характера (геополитического, геоэкономического, социального, геокультурного), одновременно умножая их на нескольких уровнях. Современные процессы развития и проблемы впоследствии находят отражение в разнообразных трансформациях пространственных структур, в установлении новых пространственнофункциональных связей и отношений, в новой территориализации геопространства, то есть, в различных формах пространственно-функциональной организации, начиная с местного вплоть до глобального уровня.Dynamics and complexity of global development processes generate many different development problems (geopolitical, geo-economic, social, geo-cultural) which multiply on several grounds. Modern development processes and problems are consequently manifested through divergent transformations of spatial structures which eventually lead to novel spatial-functional connections and relations, and new territorialization of geo-space, i.e. different forms of spatial-functional organization ranging from local to global levels. As a result, Europe itself is characterized by unbalanced development processes; in other words, there are geo-systems with different levels of scientifictechnological, social-economic, cultural and other types of development (manifested through centerperiphery ratio) which create multiple problems and generate new paradigms and forms of spatialfunctional organization (European Union, NUTS and LAU systems, cross-boundary regions, etc.) with a primary goal to rationalize territorial capital and optimize spatial development