Spatio-temporal dynamics of the population of small towns in Western Siberia
N.V. VOROBYEV, A.N. VOROBYEV, N.A. IPPOLITOVA
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
Keywords: settlement, city population, demographic dynamics, economic functions, single-industry towns, local centers
Abstract
The article presents the results of revealing the spatio-temporal interrelations of the population dynamics of small towns in Western Siberia in the second decade of the 21st century. The object of the study is 56 small towns (with a population of up to 50 thousand people). The main sources of statistical information were data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) for the period between the 2010 and 2020 population censuses. Five groups of small towns have been identified according to the population change in 2011-2022, and their characteristics are given. On average, all small towns are characterized by a 4 % decrease in population. In most small towns in Western Siberia, the population is declining, and only in cities that are centers of oil and gas production (Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs) and large centers of processing agricultural products (Novosibirsk Oblast) there is a positive trend. The largest (39 %) is the group of cities with a slight decrease in population. By now, the restructuring of the economic structure in small towns has almost been completed, so their economic profile is likely to remain in the coming years.
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