The Typology of Transport Systems of the Depressed Regions of Russia
https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-2-52-63
Abstract
The theoretical and methodological aspects of the analysis of the regional transport systems are studied; a comprehensive typology of transport systems at the regional and municipal levels is conducted; the modelling of typological and evaluative synthetic characteristics of the transport network of the Republic of Mordovia is suggested. The complex nature of the study is resulted from the presence of the various components of the territorial socioeconomic systems: production facilities, the population and the environment. The proposed approach is based on the creation of the integral index for the aggregated information, ranking and typing the regions and regional transport systems to quantify the value of this index. We study the typological characteristics and properties of the regions, the impact of a transport factor on their functioning, a possibility of increasing the regional competitiveness with the implementation of efficient transport strategies, which may help to overcome the regional depressiveness. The six basic types of transport systems of the depressed regions are identified. On the case of the Republic of Mordovia, which has the same attributes of its transport network, as the most other studied regions, we carry out a typology of the networks at the level of municipal districts. The proposed modelling of typological and evaluative synthetic characteristics of the transport network of the Republic of Mordovia could be used for solving the problems of road transport operations in the region, the territorial planning and the formation of regional development strategies.
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Semina I.A. The Typology of Transport Systems of the Depressed Regions of Russia. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2015;(2):52-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15356/0373-2444-2015-2-52-63
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