Kazakhstan is located in the Central Asia and borders with CIS countries (Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan) and with People's Republic of China. 12 provinces from 14 in the republic are border territories, acting as the potential centers of economic activity and integration of Kazakhstan into world economic system. Capacity of border territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan, first of all, is based on the strong state support aimed at their program purposeful development. The conducted research was undertaken within the limits of the development of the first National Development Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter - National Development Plan). Development of the border territories, transboundary infrastructure, management of transboundary natural elements (e.g. water and mineral resources) in the conditions of open economic activity, external economic processes has a direct impact on both functional and spatial planning structure of population distribution, environmental management, distribution of production forces, etc. The border territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan were studied and analyzed, while aiming the transition to integrative model of cooperation of border territories on the basis of implementation of joint territorial projects. This demands modernization of the developed system of planning on the basis of consolidated sustainable development of the border territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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