Spatial distribution of economic activity in Asian Russia
E.A. KOLOMAK1,2, A.V. KOSTIN1,2, V.Yu. MALOV1,2
1Institute of Economics and Industrial Production Organization, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Novosibirsk National Research State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: knowledge base, geoinformation modeling, infrastructure, investment projects, minerals, spatial disbalance
Abstract
A methodological approach combining databases, economic and mathematical methods and geoinformation modeling technologies is proposed. Based on this complex, maps are constructed characterizing resources, infrastructure, factors and results of distribution of economic activity in the territory of the Asian part of Russia. The article discusses in detail an example and constructs a map for the territory of potential influence of a large infrastructure project and then demonstrates one of the maps obtained on the basis of the proposed approach for Asian Russia as a whole. Based on the combination of information layers using the obtained maps, the consistency of the development of different elements of the resource, production and infrastructure potential of Asian Russia is studied. The conclusion of the study was the confirmation of the spatial gap between the southern part of the east of the country, which has a developed transport infrastructure and a relatively high density of economic activity, and the northern territories of the Asian part of the country, where rich deposits are located and resource projects significant for the country as a whole are being implemented, but there is no transport infrastructure. The absence of all-season meridional roads makes it impossible for the southern zone to perform the functions of a production, service and scientific base for resource development and project implementation in the north. Visualization of the spatial imbalance of economic activity in Asian Russia on the map emphasizes the importance of transport and communication infrastructure for the prospects of not only the macro-region, but also for the country as a whole, which is currently solving the strategic task of reorienting business and launching the eastern vector of development.
|
