Migration in Regions of the Russian Near North in Relation to the Provision of Settlements with Social Infrastructure
https://doi.org/10.7868/S2658697526010163
Abstract
Objective of the study is to assess the provision of all settlements in four regions of the Russian Near North (Vologda, Kostroma, Kirov, and Yaroslavl oblasts) with social infrastructure facilities and to analyze whether the migration balance of settlements is associated with varying levels of provision of these facilities. The study is based on data collected from open sources on the availability of educational and healthcare institutions in all settlements as of mid-2024. The analysis also utilized information on population size from the All-Russian Population Censuses of 2010 and 2020, as well as depersonalized individual data on internal migration for 2011–2020 across all settlements in these regions. The provision of settlements with different types of social infrastructure was assessed depending on their administrative status (district centers, rural settlement centers, former rural settlement centers) and population size. Based on the provision with different types of social infrastructure facilities, net migration (gain or loss) was calculated by migration type for groups of settlements, including detailed age groups. Using descriptive analysis methods, the relationships between migration and the presence of various social infrastructure facilities, as well as the overall provision of residents with these facilities in their settlement, were examined. A relationship was traced between the migration of people in the youngest working ages (youth at school-leaving age, families with children) and the presence of schools. At the same time, no visible relationship with the presence of healthcare facilities was identified. Settlements located in the suburbs of large cities and even district centers deviate from the general patterns, as their residents primarily use social infrastructure not in their own settlements.
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Supporting agencies: The study was funded by the Russian Science Foundation grant no. 24-17-00129 “Prospects of Socioeconomic and Nature-Conscious Development of the Near North of Russia,” carried out at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
About the Author
N. V. Mkrtchyan
nstitute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences;
HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Mkrtchyan N.V. Migration in Regions of the Russian Near North in Relation to the Provision of Settlements with Social Infrastructure. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2026;90(1):231-245. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S2658697526010163
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