THE ROLE OF SPACE THEORIES IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE

In the current conditions of economic globalization, there are interesting transformations of the role and place of individual industries in the economic complex. Infrastructure plays a very important role in these processes. The article is devoted to the study of the characteristics of modern regional space. The article provides a historical digression of the influence of space theories on the formation of the modern concept of «infrastructure». The definition, which came into scientific circulation in the XIX century, today plays a crucial role — the unification of all production, economic, social, economic processes in the world. Beginning its path of formation in the seventeenth century, thanks to the emergence of new opportunities in the Enlightenment, humanity was able to start from the problems of solving the supply of agricultural products to cities to achieve global economic development. Deepening knowledge of «distance» and «time», the need for theoretical approaches in the implementation of optimal urban planning, rapid industrialization led to the emergence of objects that were grouped in the future by areas of application, outlining the types of infrastructure — industrial, social, transport, information, etc. Space theories by such scholars as A. Smith, R. Cantillon and P. Stewart, von Tunen and W. Launhardt, and others. were the primary sources of deepening knowledge in solving problems of rational urban planning, which as a result of globalization of socio — economic processes has had far — reaching consequences, where modern infrastructure is the key to viability. A comparative analysis of industrial and post-industrial paradigms of regional development is carried out, which allows to substantiate the laws of evolution of economic space. Relationships between the development of «space theory» and the modern formation of the concept of infrastructure have been established. The evolution of the theory of features of spatial systems functioning is analyzed. It is concluded that the concept of «infrastructure» serves to ensure the effective functioning of society.