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Russia's early developed regions within shrinking social and economic space

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  • Tatiana Nefedova
  • Andrey Treivish

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The study deals with the role of early developed Russia's regions, along with the corresponding concepts. The older regions are regarded as those at a certain age, development level and of a certain economic type, chiefly industrial and agricultural, concentrated in the European part of today's Russia, especially in its historic cores. The changes in their position and perception, associated with political, economical, social and demographical shifts, which affected the country's space before and after the collapse of the USSR, are analyzed. It is shown that under dominating processes of spatial polarization and shrinkage, the older regions also experience a dissection, mainly along the center‐periphery axis. This is illustrated by two specific case studies in Central Russia around Moscow and in the area between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Finally, four alternative strategic scenarios for the areas of concern are presented, dependent on the attitude to the question of their revival: a) acceleration of shrinkage for reasons of economy; b) an orderly retreat from selected hopeless old areas; c) deterrence of their decay; and d) search and enhancing of a return development wave. El estudio se ocupa del papel de las primeras regiones desarrolladas de Rusia, junto con los conceptos correspondientes. Se considera que las regiones más antiguas son las que tienen una cierta edad, nivel de desarrollo y tipo de economía, principalmente industrial y agrícola, que están concentradas en la parte europea de la Rusia actual, especialmente en sus núcleos históricos. Se analizan los cambios en su posición y percepción, asociados a los cambios políticos, económicos, sociales y demográficos que afectaron al espacio del país antes y después del colapso de la URSS. Se muestra que bajo los procesos dominantes de polarización y contracción espacial, las regiones más antiguas también experimentan una disección, principalmente a lo largo del eje centro‐periferia. Esto se ilustra mediante dos estudios de caso específicos en Rusia Central, uno alrededor de Moscú y el otro en el área entre Moscú y San Petersburgo. Por último, se presentan cuatro escenarios estratégicos alternativos para las áreas de interés, que dependen de la actitud ante la cuestión de su resurgimiento: a) aceleración de la contracción por motivos económicos; b) desmantelamiento ordenado de determinadas zonas viejas desahuciadas; c) disuasión de su decadencia; y d) búsqueda y mejora de una tendencia de regreso al desarrollo. 本研究は、ロシアの初期開発地域の役割とそれに関連する概念を扱う。古い地域は、ある一定の時代を経て、一定のレベルに発展した、工業および農業が主要な特定の経済タイプの地域とみなされており、現在ではヨーロッパに含まれる同国の地域、特にその歴史的中心部に集中している、ソ連崩壊の前にも後にも国の空間に影響を与えた、政治的、経済的、社会的および人口統計学的変化に関連した、その地域の位置づけと認識の変化を分析した。空間の分極化と収縮が優位となる過程では、古い地域も主に中心‐周辺軸に沿って分断されることを示した。これは、モスクワ周辺の中央ロシアとモスクワとサンクトペテルブルクの間の地域における2つの特異的なケーススタディによって例証されている。結論として、これらの地域の復活に対する疑問の姿勢に応じて、問題の地域に対する4つの代替的な戦略のシナリオを提示する。a)経済的な理由による収縮の加速、b) 絶望的な一部の古い地域からの秩序ある撤退、c)腐敗の抑、d)リターン開発の波の探索と強化。

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  • Tatiana Nefedova & Andrey Treivish, 2020. "Russia's early developed regions within shrinking social and economic space," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(4), pages 641-655, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:12:y:2020:i:4:p:641-655
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12278
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