Open AccessUrban sprawl in the regional settlement system: a case study of Belgorod and Stary Oskol-Gubkin metropolitan areas
Author(s) -
Anastasiya Narozhnyaya,
Н. В. Чугунова,
T. A. Polyakova,
Н. С. Кухарук,
D. N. Morkovskaya
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1088/1755-1315/817/1/012073
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , metropolitan area , geography , settlement (finance) , population , population density , economic geography , ecology , land use , demography , biology , archaeology , business , sociology , finance , payment
The paper defines factors and methods of studying spatial sprawl of Belgorod and Stary Oskol-Gubkin metropolitan areas. A differentiation of population dynamics in Belgorod regional settlement system is made. Built-up areas are found to occupy larger territories and display a higher development density, while the population size in metropolitan areas does not change significantly. Growth promoting factors and growth specifics are revealed, territorial disparities of built-up metropolitan areas are analyzed; a retrospective assessment of the population density in the settlement system is provided. A study of the population distribution pattern shows that the population tends to be strongly oriented toward core areas. The territories under study were mapped with ArcGIS 10.5. tools.