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

International audience 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 urb...

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Main Authors: Gadal, Sébastien, Eyraud, Florian, Prisyazhniy, Mikhaïl
Other Authors: Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace (ESPACE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), North-Eastern Federal University, ANR-10-CEPL-0012,CLASSIQUE,CLimat, Agriculture et Société SIbérienne - QUElle Evolution ?(2010), ANR-15-CE22-0006,PUR,Pôles URbains(2015)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2016
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Online Access:https://amu.hal.science/hal-01359706
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Summary:International audience 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.