MIGRATION CONNECTIVITY OF REGIONS OF ASIAN RUSSIA: THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS
T.Yu. Cherkashina1,2, N.L. Mosienko1,2
1Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Novosibirsk National Research State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: space connectivity, migratory connectivity, interregional interactions, migration intensity, permanent migration, Asian Russia
Abstract
The article presents the results of a study on the connectivity of regions of Asian Russia based on indicators of permanent migration of the population as a variety of interregional interactions. It is assumed that the presence of intensive migration exchanges between regions indicates the connectivity, as do their sustainability and stability over time. The study utilizes statistical data on interregional migration of the population of the Siberian Federal District, the Far Eastern Federal District and Tyumen Oblast for 2015, 2019 and 2023. The study calculates the intensity (velocity) coefficient of interregional migration flows between all pairs of regions of Asian Russia. After that the pairs of regions with the most pronounced values of migration exchange indicators were selected, and then groups of connected regions classified by geography (geographical proximity, common borders) were identified. The intensity of migration exchanges within those groups is higher than with territories outside. These groups are the Western and Southern groups in Western Siberia, Yenisey and Baikal groups in Eastern Siberia, and a group of regions of the Far East. The study shows general trends in the migration processes - a decrease in migration exchanges and the “Western drift" which means that the intensity of the westward migration flow is higher than the intensity of the eastward migration flow. It describes the interregional migratory connectivity according to the following parameters - intensity of migration exchanges, natural or institutional genesis of connectivity, symmetry or asymmetry of migration flows, forms of connectivity, sustainability of migratory connections. To assess the sustainability of interregional migratory connections, firstly, the study compares the values of migration intensity (velocity) coefficients over several years, secondly, it uses the data from the 2020-2021 All-Russian Census of Population regarding which regions the natives of certain territories of Asian Russia live in.
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