TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC SECURITY: STATING A DEFINITION

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of defining an invariant for the category of territorial economic security. The study proposes a logical scheme to solve the problem. It consists of three research objectives, with their solution determining the direction for further research on the problem in question. As a result of their solutions, universal definitions of such categories as security and territory were devel-oped, resulting in the authors’ definition of territorial security. Using a specified economic concept and based on the classification of vital goods, the authors propose to define the territorial economic security as a reflex-ive and valuable subjective determination (perception) of a physical space separated from other spaces with borders as one that is resistant to certain known internal and external existing and (or) potential exposures aimed at reducing the ability of society to meet its life necessities. With the definition proposed, it is possible to differentiate a place of the territorial economic security problem among the general problem of the territorial security.