Polarization of the social-economic space and prospects of rural areas in the old-developed regions of Central Russia

Поляризация социально-экономического пространства и перспективы сельской местности в староосвоенных регионах Центра России

Nefedova, Tatyana (Нефедова, Татьяна) ()
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Nefedova, Tatyana (Нефедова, Татьяна): Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Peasant Studies, 2021, vol. 6, 126-153

Abstract: The article is based on the presentation made on March 11, 2021 at the scientific seminar of the Chayanov Research Center and the Center for Agrarian Studies of the RANEPA. The presentation summarized publications based on the research supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 19-17-00174 “Development of the old-developed regions under the social-economic polarization and the reduction of the developed space of European Russia”). The research aimed at identifying challenges and consequences of the Russian spatial polarization for rural areas at different levels – from regional to local – on the example of Central Russia (including the Moscow Region and its neighboring regions). The author considers features of rural areas in Central Russia, describes trends of their development and consequences of the longterm rural depopulation which was especially strong around the Moscow Region. The author focuses on different types of migration (interregional, intraregional and international) and their reasons; identifies centers of the contemporary population concentration; describes the transformation of agriculture in these regions, its organizational and spatial changes, the main trends in the decline and revival of agricultural production and its impact on rural settlement; proves that the polarization of rural areas affects all levels – regions, municipal districts and settlements. The article is based on the integrated approach that considers rural areas in their interaction with cities: the influence of urban investments on the development of rural areas, the increasing concentration of the rural population in the suburbs, the role of summer residents in the redevelopment of rural areas and in the preservation of rural settlements. Finally, the author assesses the consequences of the authorities’ decisions for rural areas.

Keywords: old-developed regions; cities; rural areas; agriculture; population migration; land use; summer residents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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