Contents

Regional Research of Russia


Vol. 8, No. 2, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Regional Research of Russia ISSN 2079-9705.


Urban Geography

The Russian Phenomenon of Megalopolis-Type Cities

V. N. Leksin and B. N. Porfiriev p. 133  abstract

Concentration of the Population and the Economy in the Capitals of Post-Soviet Countries

N. V. Zubarevich p. 141  abstract

A Big City as an Independent Central Place System, a Case Study of Moscow

P. P. Em p. 151  abstract

Migration Processes in Cities of the Russian North in the 1990s–2010s

E. A. Denisov p. 158  abstract


Social Geography

Fertility Rates in Russian Regions: Convergence or Divergence

A. L. Sinitsa p. 169  abstract


Rural Geography

Real and Nominal Numbers of Rural Settlements in Present-Day Russia and Its Regions

A. A. Tkachenko p. 178  abstract


Regional Development

Siberian Federal District: What Impedes Economic Growth?

V. G. Basareva and N. N. Mikheeva p. 184  abstract

Evaluation of the Public Efficiency of an Infrastructure Project: a Case Study of the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean-2 Oil Pipeline

O. I. Gulakova, Yu. S. Ershov, N. M. Ibragimov and T. S. Novikova p. 193  abstract


Geography of Resource Use Management

Impact of Warming on Discomfort of Vital Activity of Russia’s Population

A. N. Zolotokrylin, V. V. Vinogradova and I. A. Sokolov p. 204  abstract