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: Received: 2 August 2019 / Approved: 6 August 2019 / Online: 6 August 2019 (08:33:24 CEST)
How to cite:
Rogov, M.; Rozenblat, C. Globalization of Russian Cities: Towards a Construction of Large Urban Regions. Preprints2019, 2019080070. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0070.v1
Rogov, M.; Rozenblat, C. Globalization of Russian Cities: Towards a Construction of Large Urban Regions. Preprints 2019, 2019080070. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0070.v1
Rogov, M.; Rozenblat, C. Globalization of Russian Cities: Towards a Construction of Large Urban Regions. Preprints2019, 2019080070. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0070.v1
APA Style
Rogov, M., & Rozenblat, C. (2019). Globalization of Russian Cities: Towards a Construction of Large Urban Regions. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0070.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rogov, M. and Céline Rozenblat. 2019 "Globalization of Russian Cities: Towards a Construction of Large Urban Regions" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0070.v1
Abstract
This study explores how to delineate Russian cities in order to make them comparable on the world scale. In doing so we introduce the concept of large urban regions (LUR) applicable to the Russian urban context. This research is motivated by a principal research question: how to construct a statistical urban delineation, which would allow first, to demonstrate integration of cities into globalization, and second, to make global urban comparative research. Previous studies on urban delineation in Russia have focused almost exclusively on functional urban areas, which have substantial limitations and are not suitable for global urban comparisons. Addressing this research gap, we propose a new definition of Large Urban Regions (LUR). In doing so, first, we introduce the context of Russian cities (2), then we discuss existing Russian urban concepts (3), and justify a need for a new urban delineation (4). Afterwards, we present a general method to delineate Large Urban Regions in Russian context (5.1), and illustrate it in the two case studies of St. Petersburg (polycentric region) and Samara (monocentric region) (5.2). In the last part (6), we discuss the 10 the largest urban regions in Russia and describe a constructed database including all Russian LURs.
Keywords
city; large urban regions; Russia; globalization; open database
Subject
Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
24 May 2020
Commenter:
Perry Gordon Waltrip
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment:
I found the article very helpful and informative in my study of Russian urban regions. The database seems incomplete. I could not find delimitation for example the following cities which seem to be omitted: Stary Oskol, Kostroma, Zheleznogorsk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Tver, Vladimir, Kovrov, Murom, Cherkessk, Veliky Novgorod, Rubtsovsk, Maykop, Armavir, Kamyshin, Neftekamsk, Oktyabrsky, Yoshkar-Ola, Berezniki, and Balakovo just to name the largest cities missing from the database. Is such data available? Please direct me to the source of this additional delimitation! Thank you very much for your assistance!
Commenter: Perry Gordon Waltrip
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.