This article deals with formation of the state policy regarding natural and agricultural land regionalization of Ukraine. The conceptual principles in the sphere natural and agricultural land regionalization laid down by "The Land Code of Ukraine", the Laws of Ukraine "On Land Management " and "On Land Protection" are outlined. The specifics are revealed: natural and agricultural land regionalization should be carried out exclusively in the order of land management as a systematic measure in the sphere of land protection; natural and agricultural land regionalization in Ukraine is the basis for land valuation, i.e. it is carried out by land management, and not in the process of land valuation; the division of land by purpose is carried out in order to record and reflect the position of land in a single system classification taking into account the natural conditions and agro-biological requirements of agricultural crops, the development of economic activity and the priority of environmental safety requirements; the establishment of requirements for the rational use of land in accordance with the region (zone) and definition of territories requiring special protection from anthropogenic influence are the components of natural and agricultural land regionalization; the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine defines the Procedure for implementation of natural and agricultural zoning of land. The retrospective analysis of the regulatory and methodological providing in the sphere of natural and agricultural land regionalization is carried out and the peculiarities of its formation and updating are indicated. The author emphasizes that in 2005-2010 the natural and agricultural land regionalization was reduced to a separate one scientific development at the national level and some intra-regional projects, which have not received official approval. The paper proves that before the natural and agricultural regionalization was carried out in Ukraine, the laws doubtfully recorded some classifications of territorial taxonomic units solely for implementation of land normative monetary valuation, in particular: the list of natural zones with their administrative districts by regions of Ukraine; the list and codes of natural and agricultural areas within regions of Ukraine; the list of natural and agricultural zones and the mountain natural and agricultural regions within Ukraine. The existence of methodological and legal differences in a modern government mechanism of natural and agricultural land regionalization as an integral part of the national (pan-Ukrainian) normative monetary valuation of agricultural land is proved and the threats of its implementation are emphasized. 

natural and agricultural land regionalization, regulatory and methodological providing, problems of system implementation 

The article studies theoretical approaches to the definition «management of land resources». The peculiarities of this category concept regulation have been reviewed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The drawbacks of economic and law regulation in the management of land resources for Ukraine and their consequences are outlined. The article deals with the significant characteristics of imperfect modern management system of land resources. Complete term regulations, standards, norms, and also efficiency of powers, rules and procedures implementation mechanisms are proved to become decisive for the management of land resources in modern social and economic terms of Ukraine. The article discusses UNECE and FAO approaches to proper management of land resources. Suggestions on forming of legal and inatitutional modernization mechanisms for the management of land resources in Ukraine are provided based on the following foundations: real decentralization, priority of special land protection regime and sustainable land use maintenance, fully-integrated participation of the authorised agents in the management of land resources and the publicity. The main factor of such modernization is total implementation of the Concept of Local Self-Governance Bodies and Authorities’ Territorial Organization Reform in Ukraine and the 2016-2020 Strategy of State Governance Reform in Ukraine approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 

modernization, land resources, the management of land resources, decentralization of authorities 

The article reviews the implementation peculiarities of moratorium on alienation of land plots designated for commercial agriculture and the rights to them, as well as the reasons, the backgrounds and the risks of its prolonging in modern terms.
The author proves the fact that a real threat of negative social and economic consequences can arise under probable moratorium unlocking accordingly with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights or the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and in case of permanent stagnation of national legislative regulation model of commercial agriculture designated land plots circulation and absence of public consensus towards the entities-land purchasers.
The article reveals the essence of methodological and legal contradictions of current Land Code of Ukraine regarding moratorium unlocking solely for entry into force of the law on agricultural land circulation.
It is defined that due to systematic imperfection of land relations transformation mechanism in Ukraine and absence of effective complex state policy towards land conservation, the perspective of legal liability for harmful effect on wealth of agricultural land and soil fertility had been eliminated even before the moratotium was imposed.
The author proves that the urgency and the legitimacy of the records from the State Land Cadastre on agricultural land plots as the objects of perspective full-fledged market circulation are legally regulated by consequent deadlines, in particular overall survey each 20 years; soil judgment at least once per 7 years; economic assessment and regulatory monetary evaluation of these land plots at least once per 5-7 years.
It is determined that in the background of permanent delay of adequate state activities on land conservation, the introduction of free agricultural land plots circulation constitutes a threat to qualitative social and economic changes in Ukraine.
The articles reasons the consolidating approach to unlocking of moratorium on land plots alienation based on priority of the state constitutional mission concerning maintenance of high land conservation.
The changes to the Land Code of Ukraine were suggested in the context of imposing the restrictions and requirements to full-scale preventive maintenance of priority conservation of agricultural land plots; defining of the terms of citizens’ constitutional rights implementation on precise land plot as an ownership object in the process of investment circulation.
The author proves the fact that the right to first purchase of private property land plots, which are under the alienation ban until January 1, 2018, must belong exclusively to the state upon the terms defined thereof.
The article suggests considering of state as the only first buyer of land plots and the rights to them that serve as the subject to the moratorium not as a denial of their market circulation, but rather as a state investment instrument, which unlocks moratorium on market circulation. 

land plot, agricultural land plots’ circulation, unlocking of moratorium, priority of special land conservation 

The article discusses peculiarities and consequences of destatization of agricultural lands while carrying out land reform in Ukraine. It proves illegality of Decree by Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, adopted on 1992, December 26, No 15-92 and Decree of President, adopted on 1999, December 3, No1529/99; which have been imposed stage wise the legal circulation of agricultural lands according to specific forms of their intended use. The author represents the reasons of this circulation lay-off referring to the lands of commercial agriculture in 2001 as a basis for moratorium on their alienation under current conditions.
It is determined that the legal circulation of land titles within rural communities has not lead to the improvement of their socioeconomic status and raising of living standards for rural sector. Present built-up of agricultural production in moratorium on land alienation confirms that the circulation of land titles is not a key factor for efficient agricultural development.
Here is reasoned the point that moratorium on the land alienation of commercial agriculture and the change of their designation purpose come out from distrust of authorities due to the lack of viable supremacy of law in Ukraine, corruptness in land matters and passivity of law enforcement system towards prevention of shadow land circulation. Moratorium is ineffective unconstitutional remedies of economic rights for landholders (shares) of agricultural lands under shadow circulation of right onto these lands and random change of their designation purpose. The permanence of moratorium is also strengthened with liquidation of territorial ubiquity of local governance in Ukraine, with landlessness of territorial assemblies and drastic restriction in land matters warranted by the Constitution of Ukraine the competence of local governance and the other agents of land ownership.
The article analyses the issues of inadequacy of institutional, informational, and economic backgrounds for providing land circulation of commercial agriculture; the absence of system-based purposeful state land policy in this sphere and respectively transparent effective procedures of its realization.
The author avers the institutional drawbacks of State Land Cadastre administration; possible risks of their destructive influence regarding to circulation of agricultural lands and random change of designation purpose of agriculturally used areas.
The article defines the approach to forming the governance economic mechanism of transparent lands circulation from preventively real decentralization of power in Ukraine. 

circulation of agricultural lands, economic and legal principles of circulation, problems of circulation, rural area 

The essences of sustainable rural development, its social and economic potential are described. It is proposed to consider a balanced development of rural areas as development, which met for the growing material and spiritual needs of the rural population based on scientifically-based coordination of cost-effective and environmentally acceptable use of social and economic potential of rural areas; socio-economic potential of sustainable rural development - as an expression of the total available capacity and available resources fully implemented to ensure the sustainable development of rural areas; production potential of rural areas - as a total annual economic impact of existing and intended use of the available productive resources of rural areas in terms of consistency of social and economic needs of the population with the requirements for environmentally sustainable nature. It is shown that in the absence of an effective system of monitoring socio-economic development of rural areas, the algorithm methods of assessing its production potential should be based on consideration of the nature of the production potential; availability, reliability and completeness of existing information resources, thus providing the possibility of its use and application objectivity and adequacy of the evaluation results. Approaches to the assessment of the productive potential of rural areas with regard to multifunctionary of its structure are based. One of which provides, inter alia, the establishing of total annual economic benefit in the form of total annual rental income of target appropriate land use designation as a territorial basis, natural resources, means of production to make economic activities that are located within the rural area. A procedure for the assessment of production potential of rural areas, taking into account the specific formation of rental income in using of agricultural and non-agricultural purposes are proposed. In particular, it is specified that as of Jan. 1, 2014 estimated annual rental income on individual agricultural land in Lviv region amounted to UAH per 1 hectare: arable land - 538.25, perennial plants - 398.93, hayfields - 128.29, pastures - 118 69. The peculiarities of data resources of the State Land Cadastre to assess the production potential of rural areas are highlighted. Directions of using the assessment results in order to ensure sustainable rural development are outlined. It is used for monitoring and forecasting changes under the influence of economic activity; development of scientifically based recommendations for the implementation of more efficient use of current and future social and economic potential of rural areas in general. 

rural areas, sustainable development, production potential of rural territories, targeted land use, rental income, methods of assessing 

The features of implementation and realization of rural areas development priorities in terms of market relations establishment are considered. The necessity and content of systemic eurointegrational modernization of rural areas development home policy directed at forming of preconditions for socio-economic sustainable development are substantiated. The set of rural areas development priorities, in particular self-consciousness preservation and self-identification reinforcement of rural population as a carrier of Ukrainian identity, culture and spirituality of the nation is determined. The article proposes the ways of rural population poverty overcoming on the base of rural economy diversification, incomes of the population, its employment and self-employment as well as substantiates development of rural area competitive advantages, environmental protection and rise in ecological protection level. The complex of immediate measures on the priorities’ realization in terms of economic reforms consistency is given. 

rural area, sustainable development, priorities of rural areas development, eurointegrational modernization, economic reforms 

The mechanisms of the state policy priorities of rural areas development in the process of its evolutionary establishment are considered. Their peculiarities and system inferiority are examined. The existence of “crisis – crisis extension – collapse – degradation” tendency of gradual depreciation of rural areas condition and deficiency of urgent preconditions for switch to the model of rural areas sustainable development in Ukraine are proved. The approaches to forming of priorities of state policy in development of rural areas on the basis of its eurointegrational modernization are determined. 

rural area, rural areas development, state policy priorities of rural areas development 

The article presents the research of theoretical approaches to the definition of notion ‘rural territory’. Characteristics and factors of legislative regulation of category’s gist are analysed. On the basis of rural territories determination and its identification as a real object of government regulation and monitoring the author’s variant of setting such term as ‘rural territory’ is substantiated and suggested. According to this statement rural territory is separated (including the adjusted city and urban settlement lines) and identificated by geospatial feature and administrative subordination territory of administrative-territorial formation with relevant structure, conditions, resources and characteristics. 

rural territory, rural territory development, administrative-territorial formation, government regulation object 

The state and development peculiarities of Lviv Region industrial complex under present-day conditions have been considered. Sectoral and territorial tendencies of industrial development in terms of global financial crisis and the factors which have influenced negatively on industrial production development have been investigated. Essence of the anti-crisis programme of activity of Lviv Region authorities is exposed in the industrial sector of economy. The approaches to stabilization of industrial production development in terms of financial crisis have been outlined. 

industrial complex, tendencies of industrial development, factors of industrial production development, stabilization of industrial production development