The Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences № 5/2025. Economics and Management.

Svetlana S. Patrakova

Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Researcher, Laboratory of Spatial Development of Territorial Systems and Intersectoral Complexes, Center for the Study of Spatial Development of Socio-Economic Systems, Vologda Research Center of the RAS, Vologda, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0002-4834-3083

Sergey A. Kozhevnikov

Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Leading Researcher, Head of the Center for the Study of Spatial Development of Socio-Economic Systems, Vologda Research Center of the RAS, Vologda, Russia

ORCID: 0000-0001-9063-6587

ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF SECOND-TIER URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS IN RUSSIA

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The article is devoted to the problems of development of second-tier urban agglomerations in Russia (with a population of less than 500 thousand people), which are formed around a number of large and big cities. The author’s approach to assessing development is proposed, which is based on understanding the essence of an agglomeration as a self- developing socio-economic system that is internally integrated and produces positive agglomeration effects. The approach has been tested on the data of eight agglomerations with cores in the cities of Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaluga, Norilsk, Surgut, Tambov, Khanty-Mansiysk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk for the period 2014–2023. It was revealed that only five out of these eight agglomerations are classified as such: the agglomerations with an average level of integration include Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Arkhangelsk, with a low level – Tambov, Surgut and Vologda.

Keywords: urban agglomeration, development level, internal integration, agglomeration effect, core, satellite area.

JEL: R11, R58

EDN: DZJEBC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_5_81_104

This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 23-78-10054. https://rscf.ru/ project/23-78-10054/).

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Manuscript submission date: 27.05.2025

Manuscript acceptance date: 13.10.2025

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Patrakova S.S., Kozhevnikov S.A. Assessment of the development level of second-tier urban agglomerations in Russia // Vestnik Instituta Ekonomiki Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk. 2025. № 5. Pp. 81-104. (In Russ.).  https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2025_5_81_104 EDN: DZJEBC

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