Open AccessThe population of the European North: concentration in the capitals of the regions
Author(s) -
Pavel Druzhinin
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 - 10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012082
Subject(s) - capital (architecture) , population , economic geography , geography , capital region , the arctic , arctic , capital city , regional development , regional science , ecology , oceanography , demography , archaeology , sociology , geology , biology
Four Arctic regions of the European part of Russia are considered in the article -Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions, the republics of Karelia and Komi. The paper takes the example of these regionsto consider the spatial development of regions that have actively utilized the new opportunities generated by reforms. The effect of the market reforms initiated in Russia on the spatial development of the northern regions is show. Russian northern regions are going through noticeable spatial transformations, which are revealed by the analysis of the population dynamics of the municipalities of these four regions. It is noted that the development of municipalities is determined by their distance from the capital of the region, the farther from the capital, the faster the population of the municipality decreases.The region’s capital city is developing successfully, taking in resources from the periphery, and is gradually expanding spatially, engulfing and already exerting a positive effect on nearby municipalities, while resources are drawn to them and to the capital city from more remote municipalities. As cross-border cooperation is invigorated, it is borderland municipalities with the necessary customs and transport infrastructure that turn into active zones instead of most industrial municipalities.