Сезонное дачное расселение как индикатор контрастов пространственного развития

Abstract

The paper reveals the degree of spatial contrasts in Central Russia operating a number of seasonal population indicators at municipal level along cross-section lines. The first cross section runs from St. Petersburg along the corridor passing Leningrad, Novgorod, Tver, Moscow oblasts, Moscow city, and further down to southern border of Tula oblast. The second one stretches from the southern border of Kaluga oblast via Moscow city and Yaroslavl oblasts to the northeastern periphery of Kostroma oblast. Cross-sections based on agricultural census data provided background for revealing trends in seasonal settlement pattern. First pole indicated comprises suburbs within metropolitan areas, especially Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a growing or stable network of summer settlements, the other pole covers the environs of local towns and smaller urban settlements with shrinking settlement network. In the surroundings of both capitals, regional centers and within the cities the share of unused suburban housing tends to be low, while on periphery number of plots not in use is much more significant. The infrastructure of the settlements also has a center-periphery gradient: supply of infrastructures is higher in better-located settlements within cities and their surroundings and much worse at the regional periphery. Trends in development of dachas settlements pattern generally indicate contrasts in the spatial development at national level, when the demand for suburban housing is concentrated in and around major cities because of continued population concentration, while the network of summer settlements on the periphery is shrinking due to depopulation