Territorial development is both a toolto ensure effective and sustainable socio-economic development of Russia, and on the other hand requires a consistent transformation of spatial organization and economic structure of the country. In developing the spatial development strategy advocates the need for a comprehensive methodology for the spatial distribution as the industry structure of the economy, as well as legal support for the planned activities. The article describes the principles and approaches to the choice of tools used in the development of spatial development strategy. The main stages of strategic planning of the territory’sare strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats. By type of competitive advantages, all the factors of competitiveness are grouped into three categories: natural resource, operational and strategic. Experience in building integrated competitiveness ratings of Russian regions allows you to select a group of factors that determine the future spatial development. Five groups of factors determining the spatial further competitive development of Russian regions. The influence of geographic information systems in the competitive development of the regions. Spatial planning based on technology foresight.
strategic planning, spatial development, region, principles. Principles of research and the competitiveness of the country’s regions