Geoportal for the Goals of Sustainable Socio-Demographic Development of Western Kazakhstan

Abstract

One of the modern means of implementing the tasks of spatial analysis of socio-demographic processes are geoportals - portals that display and provide researchers with convenient access to geographic information through web services. This article examines the structure and content of the socio-demographic information database of the geoportal of the West Kazakhstan region of the Republic, developed within the framework of the Megagrant Program-targeted financing “Sustainable development of natural-economic and socio-economic systems of the West Kazakhstan region in the context of green growth: comprehensive analysis, concept, forecast estimates and scenarios.” The research and content of the database structure is built in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals. Today, the system of national indicators for monitoring the SDGs includes 262 indicators, of which 29 represent demography and 37 indicators reflecting social systems (key indicators) of sustainable development are highlighted. In addition, to assess the sustainable development of the West Kazakhstan region of the republic, 13 demographic and 17 social indicators were identified for the administrative districts of the four regions under study (Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan and Mangystau). The developed information database of the geoportal in integration with GIS systems will provide the ability to visualize and increase the efficiency of monitoring, analysis, assessment and management of socio-demographic processes in the regions of Western Kazakhstan