Open AccessProblems of periphery agro-industrial regions of the Volga Federal District
Author(s) -
V.Yu. Maslikhina,
A. Maslikhin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/433/1/012003
Subject(s) - volga region , geography , per capita , population , metropolitan area , gross regional product , gross domestic product , economic geography , agricultural economics , economic growth , economy , archaeology , economics , demography , ethnology , sociology , history
The article analyzes the approaches to the assessment of peripherality in the framework of the center-peripheral models of the economic space. Identification of the core, semi-periphery and periphery of the Volga Federal District was made on the basis of clusterization according to two criteria: gross regional product per capita and population density. A process of centro-periphery polarization takes place in the Volga Federal District. Economic activity is concentrated in the largest metropolitan areas, forming the core of the macro-region. Moderately developed regions with gross regional product per capita from 75 to 100 % of the average level of the Volga Federal District form semi-periphery. The periphery covers a continuous belt of seven agro-industrial regions, in which 30% of the macro-region’s population lives. The peculiarities of the Volga Federal District periphery were revealed: depopulation and aging of the population, general unemployment is at the level of 4-6 %, the level of innovation and investment is lower than the average level of the Volga Federal District and strongly differentiated by the regions, the quality of roads and the availability of the Internet are lower than the average level of the Volga Federal District. A process of further peripheralization is observed in all peripheral regions.