POPULATION MIGRATION AS A MECHANISM FOR FORMING INTEGRATED SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACE

Abstract

This article is devoted to the analysis of permanent and temporary migrations of the Altai Region population in the context of the socio-economic space integration. Intraregional, interregional and international migration links were described; factors and mechanisms that determine their scale, intensity and effectiveness were identified; specificity of the influence of the various migration types on the development of integration processes in the socio-economic space was shown. In the field of population exchange with other regions of Russia, the region acts as a donor, which limits its demographic potential both for its own development and for the development of integration processes in other areas. International migrations were characterized by the expansion of the migration interactions space, the complexity of its structure and the positive migration balance with neighboring countries throughout the study period. Intra-regional migrations were characterized by the concentration of the population in large cities and surrounding rural areas. As a result, there was a fragmentation of the internal socioeconomic space. Within the dynamics of the analyzed interactions, four stages were distinguished, two of which (1990-1994s and 2010-2013s) were characterized by an increase in migration ties, and the other two (1995-2009s and 2014-2020s) by their weakening. The conclusion about the expanding space of interregional migration interactions and especially significant role of Siberian regions in this process was made.