The post-Soviet evolution of the Russian urban system. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kolomak, Evgeniya
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 2:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Urban development -- City size distribution -- City size factors -- Russia -- Transition; 城镇发展 -- 城市规模分布 -- 城市规模因子 -- 俄罗斯 -- 转型; desarrollo urbano -- distribución del tamaño de las ciudades -- factores del tamaño de las ciudades -- Rusia -- transición; городское развитие -- распределение городов по численности населения -- факторы размера городов -- Россия -- переходная экономика; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2016.1278176
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: An analysis of annual: city size data for more than 1000 cities in the period of transition from a planned to a market economy in 1991–2013 shows that: 1) predictions of the rapid growth of the urban system and of primary cities due to the introduction of market forces are not confirmed; 2) the city size distribution is almost unchanged; and 3) regression estimates reveal the significance of agglomeration economies. The results are consistent with the theories of random growth, increasing returns and locational fundamentals, but provide no convincing evidence for multiple spatial equilibria.