TY - JOUR

T1 - A Spatial Study of Geo-Economic Risk Exposure of Russia’s Arctic Mono-Towns with Commodity Export-Based Economy

AU - Anokhin, Anatoly

AU - Kuznetsov, Sergey

AU - Lachininskii, Stanislav

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - In the context of stagnating global economy mono-towns of Arctic Russia are especially exposed to uncertainty in their socio-economic development. Resource orientation of economy that formed in the 20th century entails considerable geo-economical risk exposure both for the towns and their population as well as for Russia's specific regions. In the 1990–2000s Russia’s Arctic regions were exposed to a systemic crisis which stemmed from production decline, out-migration, capital asset obsolescence, depletion of mineral resources and environmental crisis. This spatial study of geo-economic risk exposure of Russia’s Arctic mono-towns with commodity export-based economy was conducted at four dimensions - global, macro-regional, regional and local. The study of the five types of geo-economic risks was based on the existing approach, economic and socio-demographic risks being the most critical for the towns under consideration. Survey data will be used as the basis for recommendations related to prevention of potent

AB - In the context of stagnating global economy mono-towns of Arctic Russia are especially exposed to uncertainty in their socio-economic development. Resource orientation of economy that formed in the 20th century entails considerable geo-economical risk exposure both for the towns and their population as well as for Russia's specific regions. In the 1990–2000s Russia’s Arctic regions were exposed to a systemic crisis which stemmed from production decline, out-migration, capital asset obsolescence, depletion of mineral resources and environmental crisis. This spatial study of geo-economic risk exposure of Russia’s Arctic mono-towns with commodity export-based economy was conducted at four dimensions - global, macro-regional, regional and local. The study of the five types of geo-economic risks was based on the existing approach, economic and socio-demographic risks being the most critical for the towns under consideration. Survey data will be used as the basis for recommendations related to prevention of potent

KW - mono-towns

KW - Russia’s Arctic regions

KW - geo-economic risks

KW - spatial study

U2 - 10.5539/jgg.v6n1p38

DO - 10.5539/jgg.v6n1p38

M3 - Article

VL - 6

SP - 38

EP - 45

JO - Journal of Geography and Geology

JF - Journal of Geography and Geology

SN - 1916-9779

IS - 1

ER -