Migration and Housing Construction in the Regional Capitals of Russia and Their Suburbs.

Autor: Karachurina, L. B., Mkrtchyan, N. V., Petrosian, A. N.
Zdroj: Regional Research of Russia; Sep2022, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p283-298, 16p
Abstrakt: The key differences between Russian municipalities in terms of migration increase (decrease) are determined by their position in the center-periphery system, which is most often represented with their capital/noncapital status. Most regional capitals demonstrate migration increase. The larger the capital is and the higher its migration attractiveness, the wider the areas of its intensively developing suburbs are, and the more the net increase zone that is observed in them extends. This hypothesis is tested in the article on data for 63 metropolitan areas, in 52 of which data on the new housing supply is simultaneously available. The source of data is the Rosstat database of indicators characterizing municipalities for 2014–2019, as well as the database of the shortest distances along existing roads from the centers of regional capitals to the centers of each municipal unit of the suburban zone (km). Suburbs that are 30–40 km away from the cores of metropolitan areas are characterized by significant migration increase and housing supply. Starting from a distance of 60–65 km, housing supply drops to values below the national average, and there is a steady migration decrease. The larger the population in the cores of the metropolitan areas is, the farther away these borders are from them. With increasing distance from regional capitals, per capita housing construction as well as the number of municipal units with net increase and the proportion of the population living in them are declining. A high migration increase in peri-urban areas is based on a limited number of municipalities with its ultra-high values that develop standard multi-story housing. They are located in close proximity to the capitals and their initial population is usually relatively small. An analysis of housing construction and migration rates in regional capitals and suburban municipal units indicates that the near suburbs represent an extension of regional capitals beyond their administrative boundaries providing opportunities for extensive territorial and population growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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