Coastal and western border centers in the system of large cities of modern Russia: socio-economic and innovation development.
... advanced development due to external contact capacity (except the advanced indicators’ values on trade, driven by the role of logistical and transit centers). The study of differentiation using k-means clustering identified 5 clusters in all major cities of Russia. It allowed determining coastal and Western border cities belonging of to the various identified clusters. The results of research highlight the necessity for improving the urban environment quality, the need to retain and attract human capital,...
Semi-Medium-Sized cities of North-West Russia as drivers for regional development
The article discusses the semi-medium-sized cities (with a population from 20 to 50 thousand people) and their functions in five regions of the North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation; the socio-economic areas formed by the semi-medium-sized cities are clearly represented. As an example, five semi-medium-sized cities of the Kaliningrad region are considered, the role of each ...
The comparative aspects of breeding bird fauna in Kaliningrad and other European cities
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Problems and prospects of EU — Russia dialogue on visa-free travel
This article deals with the issues pertinent to the EU — Russia visa dialogue — one of the major areas of cooperation between the two partners. The article aims to identify the main problems of this dialogue, as well as prospects for the introduction of a visa-free regime between the EU and Russia. The authors provide a historical overview ...
Sustainable development of the city territorial capital: adaptive policy through the geography of knowledge
When knowledge is a paramount resource, the effective management of its accumulation, use, and transfer becomes the most important function, which enables ... ... regional centre. This study aims to assess the territorial distribution of Russian cities by their ability to generate new scientific knowledge with the subsequent development... ... recommendations for managing their territorial capital as the basis of competitiveness. For Russia, the solution to this problem is most relevant in the view of a wide variety...
Twin cities: a new form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region?
... the first attempt in Russian political studies to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the “twin city” movement as a form of cross-border cooperation in the Baltic... ... municipal units in international cooperation, on the one hand, and aspirations of frontier cities and towns in the Baltic region to solve common problems together, on the other... .... A. 1999, Regionalizacija Rossii: rol' mezhdunarodnyh faktorov [Regionalization of Russia: the role of international factors], Polis, no. 3, p. 76—88.
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