INVARIANTNESS, INTEGRITY AND EMERGENITYAS THE MAIN ORGANIZATIONAL PROPERTIES OF TERRITORIAL SYSTEMS

Abstract

The article analyzes the main system-forming properties, such as invariance, integrity, and emergentity. Problems with their real definition of interdependence between them and variability within one territorial system were explained. It was presented that difficulties with the interpretation and use of these properties mainly lie in their informational basis. At the same time, the functional structure of systems, which indicates their condition and relationships with adjacent territorial formations, serves as an indication and organizational basis of invariance, integrity and emergenity. Therefore, these properties of territorial formation are not only an intra-systemic, but also an extra-systemic phenomenon. Each of these system properties controls its own set of connections, which are nevertheless interconnected and interdependent. A peculiar system-forming field of connections is formed as a result. But in order for the system development to be optimal, a constantly operating system mechanism is needed to support their spatial and temporal organization, and, accordingly, invariance and integrity. Such a mechanism in territorial systems is the property of emergenity. Invariance, integrity, emergentity are not just one of the system-forming properties, each of these properties is characterized by its own range of organizational control, and, accordingly, the organizational formation of territorial entities. The background nature of these properties is rooted in the informational essence of nature, and that is why their quantitative assessment is difficult. At the same time, the close interdependence and mutual adjustment of the invariance, integrity, and emergence of systems creates a kind of unity, which is a stabilizing framework for territorial formations.