Open AccessComparative research on socio-economic development of Russian megacities
Author(s) -
T. N. Orlovskaya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/687/5/055067
Subject(s) - megacity , urbanization , index (typography) , population , regional science , geography , economic growth , economic geography , economics , economy , demography , sociology , computer science , world wide web
Annotation The research is devoted to the problem of differentiation of Russian megacities on the basis of comparative studies of socio-economic development. The authors study the most important indicators for the differentiation of megacities to provide the population with housing, well-being and employment, longevity, the human development index. To select the indicators for the assessment, it’s necessary to analyze the results of Russian and foreign scientists’ research, the materials of the ratings of global cities and indicators of quality of life in megacities. The research method used in the article is the economic and mathematical method that calculates multidimensional average socio-economic indicators of the megacities, characterizing the quality and level of urbanization. Based on the socio-spatial approach and the results of the combined analysis of the human potential index in the Russian megacities and the multidimensional average socio-economic indicators characterizing the level of socio-economic development and the quality of life, the authors determine clusters of Russian megacities, which allow assessing the level of their socio-economic development and comparing megacities.