Old-Developed Regions of the Ural Macroregion and Its Large Centers in the Middle

A. I. Treivish () and T. G. Nefedova ()
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A. I. Treivish: Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
T. G. Nefedova: Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences

Regional Research of Russia, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, S168-S175

Abstract: Abstract— The article first offers a general overview of the place and role of the Russian Urals as a region located at the Eurasian junction. This is one of the leading industrial bases in Russia, relying on natural resource rent, but with a difficult fate, including steep ups and downs. The significance, former and current characteristics of its old-developed areas are indicated. The study is focuses on the Middle Urals as the key part of the Ural macroregion, and on Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk oblasts, with their centers analyzed in some more detail. It is shown that the Urals, like the Center of Russia, has been experiencing polarization of its socioeconomic space in many ways, including the direction of migration flows. In this case, against the backdrop of the polycentrism that has long been characteristic of the Ural macroregion, thanks in part to the resource-based development and the historical role of several large centers, the leadership of Yekaterinburg is becoming better expressed. It is not only the all-Ural center, but also a contender for an informal position of the third Russia’s capital. In most cities the crucial factors are a successful “owning” company or a defense interest of the state. Environmental polarization, along with the economic, is typical of the Middle Urals. Its dissected relief may protect a place against pollutions generated by their neighbors and keep it clean enough for tourism and recreation.

Keywords: Urals; Middle Urals; industry; industrial waves; mining; manufacturing; company-town; urban agglomeration; spatial polarization; environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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