Post-soviet geo-demographic dynamics and metropolisation processes in the Republic of Sakha (Russian Federation)

Sébastien Gadal (1, 2) , Florian Eyraud (1, 2) , Mikhaïl Prisyazhniy (3)

1 ESPACE - Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace
2 AMU - Aix Marseille Université
3 North-Eastern Federal University

The dynamics of metropolisation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the context of the post-soviet geo-demographic processes, globalisation, territorial integration and global warming are analyzed in the article. These processes are characterised with the emergence of an urban region centred on Yakutsk. The decreasing of population is driving by the economic changes, the lifestyle evolutions of the society, and rural migrations to urban centres. They are impacting the population balances and generating new spatial demographic repartitions.

Keywords: Metropolisation; Yakutsk; Geo-demographic processes; Globalisation; Territorial integration; Global warming; Russia

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Geography; Environmental Sciences; Environmental and Society; Humanities and Social Sciences; Methods and statistics; Computer Science [cs]; Image Processing [eess.IV]; Computer Science [cs]; Modeling and Simulation

Sébastien Gadal, Florian Eyraud, Mikhaïl Prisyazhniy. Post-soviet geo-demographic dynamics and metropolisation processes in the Republic of Sakha (Russian Federation). АРКТИКА. XXI век. Гуманитарные науки, 2016, 7 (1), pp.4-17. ⟨hal-01359706⟩