Abstract
Housing issue in shrinking Russian cities: mapping the reality
Highlights
International migration to Russia does not compensate natural population decline, while the national policies are oriented towards promoting growth in large metropolitan areas (Kinossian, 2013) which intensifies internal migration flows from cities which are not the foci of national development
A large part of the existing housing stock in Russia was built in a short period after WWII that means simultaneous dilapidation of many buildings
Local authorities often do not recognise the scale of the problem – there are no monitoring systems, registry maintenance or mapping of abandoned or degraded housing, which means no awareness about the current situation
Summary
The fact that over 70% of Russia’s cities shrink (Batunova and Gunko, 2018) requires developing specific approaches to housing policy’s formulation within depopulating territories. Dilapidated or abandoned houses become the most evident sign of a city’s decline and one of the most important challenges for the local authorities. Hollander applied the term ‘atypical’ to Japanese shrinking cities, but in Russia, urban shrinkage is foremost a result of demographic change (Karachurina, 2013).
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