Semi-medium-sized Towns of the North-West of Russia as Drivers of Regional Development

Anna Belova

doi:10.26349/st.per.0025.03

Published : 2019-03-30

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019)

Semi-medium-sized Towns of the North-West of Russia as Drivers of Regional Development

Anna Belova

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26349/st.per.0025.03

Abstract

Among the cities of Russia and Europe, including the Baltic Sea region, it is possible to single out the category of cities (towns) with a population of 20 to 50 thousand inhabitants, which is of particular interest for study, since it is the borderline category between small and medium- sized towns. Semi-medium-sized towns perform various functions in regional settlement systems, especially as centers for the formation of socio-economic regions. Another important factor in regional development is the active participation of semi-medium-sized towns in international cooperation with municipalities of the EU border states. The study deals with semi-medium- sized towns and their functions in five regions of Russia's Northwestern Federal District, and the socio-economic regions formed by semi-medium-sized towns are visually represented. As an example, five semi-medium-sized towns of the Kaliningrad region are considered, with emphasis on the role of each town in regional development. The author analyses the participation of semimedium- sized towns of the Kaliningrad region in cross-border cooperation projects, identifying tendencies in territorial interactions of semi-medium-sized towns in the region with municipalities of the EU countries undertaken as part of trans-border and cross-border cooperation and benefits this cooperation has for the region. (original abstract)

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Regional development, City, International cooperation, Cooperation of the Baltic Sea region countries

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Belova, A. (2019). Semi-medium-sized Towns of the North-West of Russia as Drivers of Regional Development. Studia Periegetica, 25(1), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.26349/st.per.0025.03

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