Neo-Industrialization as a Priority in Urban Strategic Planning

The article discusses priorities in urban strategic planning by focusing on the case of an industrial city of Ekaterinburg in Russia. By applying elements of systems analysis and strategic analysis, which allowed to develop complex solutions for the growth of the city's economy, the authors show that the main goal in the development of Ekaterinburg's economy should be its transition to a neo-industrial economy. The study reviewed the concepts of "new economy" and "neo-industrial economy". Study of the functioning of the economic complex of the city of Ekaterinburg in terms of the types of system resources allowed authors to analyze a multifactorial SWOT-analysis of the competitiveness of the city and formulate the objectives and directions for its development in the future. Each direction covers each of the necessary type of resources.