IDENTIFICATION OF TERRITORIAL FEATURES OF THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION OF EURASIAN STEPPE REGIONS (THE CASE OF RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND KAZAKHSTAN)
Abstract
The natural-resource potential and economic specialization of the steppe regions of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are estimated. The study is based on the data about various kinds of natural resources: land, water, forest, fuel, ore and non-metallic. The results revealed spatial differences in economic specialization for each region of the steppe zone. Currently, the role of economic sectors, specializing in non-renewable resources (fuel and ore) is increasing, most of them are not involved in the production and are mainly export-oriented, while the use of renewable resources (land, forest and water) shows obvious territorial misbalance: in the areas with more favourable climatic conditions the already high territory plowing is increasing. Consequently, the nature and extent of economic specialization in the steppe regions that do not meet the criteria of sustainable development are changing.
About the Author
A. A. Sokolov
Urals branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Sokolov – Candidate of Geography, Research Associate at the Institute of the Steppe
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Sokolov A.A. IDENTIFICATION OF TERRITORIAL FEATURES OF THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION OF EURASIAN STEPPE REGIONS (THE CASE OF RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND KAZAKHSTAN). SibScript. 2015;(2-5):65-69. (In Russ.)
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