Strategic directions of economic and environmental management of regional resources in the conditions of continuous development

In this chapter, the object of study is an innovative model of regional management of freshwater resources in the context of achieving environmental goals. When solving the problems posed in the work, the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative comparison and logical generalization were used. On their basis, an analysis of the main principles of adaptation of the world experience of regional management of freshwater resources in the context of the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive was carried out, environmental priorities for regional management of freshwater resources, their innovation and investment dominants, targets and a model of environmentally balanced management were determined. According to the results of the study, it is noted that: – effective management of freshwater resources is implemented through the appropriate management functions, which together contribute to the implementation of certain goals for the development of the water complex, ensuring a balance of interests of all subjects of water use; – at the present stage of development of the national economy in the context of global trends, environmental forecasts and social challenges, the obvious and uncontested goal of managing freshwater resources is to ensure a balance between the three vectors of sustainable development (economic, environmental and social), which is the triune imperative of state and regional development policy and protection, distribution and use of public resources. The implementation of this goal requires the development of a unified strategy that defines the main imperatives of water policy, which are guidelines for decision-making at all levels, create framework conditions and criteria for using the available water potential, uniform rules for all participants in the water resources market; – the main directions for improving the system of investment support for the innovative development of the region's water management systems include: improvement of regulatory and legal support and development of public-private partnerships, including in the form of ESCO contracts; – the proposed model of sustainable socio-humanitarian and environmentally balanced management of freshwater resources at the regional level, taking into account innovative forms of interaction in the field of water use, requires the transformation of the targets for the functioning of the water management complex in the direction of meeting the needs of present and future generations in freshwater resources. Thanks to the results of the conducted studies, it is possible to more objectively and balanced assess the possible schemes and tools for managing the territory's freshwater resources. The conceptual approach presented in the paper is a rather flexible tool with a free choice of elements of analysis depending on the goals and objects of management