Mining cities are a special type of cities of a traditionally industrial region

Ural State University of Economics, Russia, Yekaterinburg, 620144, 8 Marta str./Narodnoy voli, 62/45

^* Corresponding author: dvoryadkina@usue.ru

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of theoretical aspects of mining cities as a special type of cities in a traditionally industrial region. Industry appears both as a factor of cities formation and as the basis for the economic functions of the vast majority of Russian cities. The predominant type of cities are monocities with industry based. It is the combination of cities with a pronounced industrial function, which is steadily implemented over a long period of time, that forms the profile and trajectory of the traditionally industrial region development. The purpose of this article is to identify mining cities as a special type of cities inherent in the traditionally industrial region. The main method of research was the method of typology: the typologies of cities were generalized, industry criteria of typologies were characterized. The result of the study is the justification of mining cities as cities of regional type. The presence of mining cities acts as one of the features (properties) of a traditionally industrial region.