摘要
The impact of natural resources on socioeconomic development is a widely discussed theoretical and practical topic at present. The authors insist that subsurface riches are absolutely beneficial if used diligently. The notions of subsurface riches and levels of subsurface riches are defined depending on the extent of development of the country鈥檚 mineral resources, and methodological approaches to the estimation of subsurface riches are described. The idea is proposed to form so-called centers of economic growth that are to ensure conditions for the rational exploitation of natural resources on the basis of innovative technologies. Original Russian Text 漏 A.I. Tatarkin, O.V. Petrov, B.K. Mikhailov, 2009, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 79, No. 9, pp. 771鈥?80.Academician Aleksandr Ivanovich Tatarkin is director of the Institute of Economics, RAS Ural Division. Oleg Vladimirovich Petrov, Cand Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), is director general of the Karpinskii All-Russia Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI). Boris Konstantinovich Mikhailov is head of the Department for the Geology of Solid Minerals at the Federal Subsurface Management Agency.