Relationship of production and population in Siberian and Mongolian cities

¹ V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia
² Irkutsk State University, 1 Karl Marx st., 664025, Irkutsk, Russia

^* Corresponding author: vorobyev@irigs.irk.ru

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the spatio-temporal relationship between the population and production of the urbanized territories of the Siberian-Mongolian region. Cross-cutting methods - statistical, cartographic, comparative-geographical - are used at all stages of the study. The units of measurement taken are the following: in Russia - urban districts and municipal districts, in Mongolia - the capital city and aimags. The main results consist in identifying the main urbanized areas that have formed in places of maximum population concentration: around the capital city of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, and in southeastern Siberia around the regional centers of Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude and Chita. Competitive advantages and opportunities of cities and regions are assessed. The increasing role of the main economic centers objectively leads to the growth of the corresponding agglomerations and damages the functioning of other urban settlements. Based on the analysis of the economic complex of the studied territory, the branches of industrial specialization are distinguished, the typologies of municipalities of the region are carried out according to the prevalence of the main activity in the industry. The determining factors of the social and-economic development of cities are the effects of the economic and geographical location and the accumulated socio-economic potential of the territory in relation to adjacent spaces.