THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIAN THESIS WORKS ( 1987–2015)
Abstract
An original database was compiled by the author with the use of the Electronic catalog of the Russian State Library. By its analysis it was found out that in 1987–2015 939 Ph.D. and 188 D.Sc. theses on sustainable development have been defended inRussiaand theUSSR. The largest numbers were recorded in 2004, 2006, 2011 and 2012, mainly because of the transitional period during the reforms of the RF Ministry of Education and Science when the previous regulations were temporally operating. After 2012 the amount of defended theses on sustainable development decreased sharply. About 92.5% of theses are devoted to economical and territorial aspects of sustainable development and the rest 7.5% to philosophical, social, educational, legal and political issues. Territorial aspects of sustainable development are usually studied by regional examples and examination of rural and urban areas. The titles of 348 works include names of different countries (38,8%) as well as the territorial entities of theRussian Federation(61,2%). Aside fromRussia,Tajikistanvery often appears in the titles whereasKazakhstan, the European Union,China,Iran,Kyrgyzstan,Vietnam, theUnited Statesand other countries are less frequently mentioned. The most studied regions ofRussiaare the Southern and the North-Caucasian federal districts. No theses on sustainable development were found for a number of principal resource-exploration, industrial, tourist and other regions of Russian Federation such as Karelia, Crimea, Mari El, Tuva, Khakassia, Chuvashia, Zabaykalsky Krai, Vladimir Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Sevastopol, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Keywords
bibliometrics,
sustainable development,
economic sciences,
geography,
philosophic sciences,
theses dynamics
Supporting agencies: Russian Science Foundation (project 15-17-30009)
About the Author
D. V. Vlasov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography
Research Scientist, PhD in Geography
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Vlasov D.V. THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIAN THESIS WORKS ( 1987–2015). Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2017;1(2):16-23. (In Russ.)
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