METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF RUSSIA’S TOWNS
Abstract
The favourable economic-geographical position (EGP) of a city is one of the factors of social and economic development. The purpose of the study was to formalize the EGP category and assess the benefits of advantageous position of the Russian cities, including those situated in the Arctic zone. A gravity model was used as a methodological base for EGP formalization. The cities located nearSt. PetersburgandMoscowagglomerations have the maximum potential of Russian domestic EGP, the potential value uniformly decreasing to the east and north. The maximum potential of the international EGP is concentrated in the cities on the coast of theJapan, Barents, Baltic and the Black seas. The total potential of Russian cities’ EGP increased in the 2000s and shifted towards the southern cities of theFar Eastdue to the economic growth of the Asia-Pacific countries. Among the Arctic settlements the most favourable EGP is in the cities of the European Russia and northernWestern Siberia. The cities of the northeastern part are characterized by low values of the potential and its growth rate. The developed method for the estimation of the EGP potential can be widely used in similar studies, including the evaluation of the possible impact of infrastructure projects on urban development.
Keywords
economic-geographical position,
Russian cities,
gravity models,
gross city product,
market potential
Supporting agencies: Russian Science Foundation (project No 14-37-00038)
About the Authors
V. L. Baburin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Head of the Department, Professor, D.Sc. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
Russian Federation
Head of the Department, Professor, D.Sc. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
S. P. Zemtsov
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration$
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Laboratory of Complex Ecological and Geographical Research of the Arctic
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; RANEPA, Institute of Applied Economic Research
V. M. Kidyaeva
State Oceanographic Institute, Moscow
Russian Federation
Junior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Laboratory of Automated Systems
Russian Federation
Junior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Laboratory of Automated Systems
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Baburin V.L., Zemtsov S.P., Kidyaeva V.M. METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF RUSSIA’S TOWNS. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2016;(1):39-45. (In Russ.)
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