Browse

The purpose of this work is to study the economic phenomenon "city - entrepreneur" and to justify the parameters of its identification in relation to the realities of the modern Russian economy. The main method of research is the analysis of statistical indicators. The authors propose quantitative parameters that allow identifying the city-entrepreneurs in the Russian economic space: the level of economic diversity and services; the availability of human capital: the level of urban environment and living condition...

The article presents the results of the study, aiming at analyzing experience of state policy implementation in the field of monotowns support in Kazakhstan, identification of specific and common problems and their solutions. The study identified stages of state policy development to support monotowns, there was analyzed monotowns selection criteria evolution, factors responsible for these changes were justified. Considerable attention is paid to characteristics of monotowns system in Kazakhstan from the point of ...

Russian cities have been transformed considerably in the post-soviet period, including economic base, forms of ownership, architectural view, land structure, methods of planning and governance. However, the patterns of such transformation are significantly varying for different types of cities. In this paper the major transformation processes and the factors influencing the pace and scale of urban economy transformationsare discussed on the example of the cities, including in Yekaterinburg agglomeration. The autho...

The article presents the results of the study, aiming at substantiation of approaches to the phenomenon definition of В«secondary citiesВ», specificity of its manifestation in emerging markets countries. The authors emphasize the importance of В«secondary citiesВ», (or secondary tiers cities) in development of national urban systems in emerging markets countries. To confirm this argument, the following factors are used: firstly, a significant number of secondary cities; secondly, intensification of polarization pr...