Spatial organization of the Russian transport infrastructure: The regional dimension
Abstract. The transport infrastructure development is a key factor for the economic growth of the whole country and its individual territories. Objectives for the development of transport infrastructure in the regions are determined by the importance of the indicators that have been achieved and are planned, which reflect the transport availability and accessibility of the country`s territories. This article focuses on the development of methodological approaches to assessing the transport availability and accessibility of the territory of the Russian Federation from the perspective of its constituent entities and federal districts based on non-linear coefficients. The authors explain the results of the calculations of the regional dimension in the development of transport infrastructure in Russia based on the Engel and Holz coefficients. The results of the study can be used in further econometric assessments of the influence of various factors on the overall socio-economic development of the regions.
Keywords: transport infrastructure, transport availability, transport accessibility, spatial organization
Highlights:
♦ the development of transport infrastructure is a specific tool for the state administration of spatial development, aimed at reducing disparities and inequalities in the development of territories, ensuring economic growth, implemented by means of the state transport policy;
♦ the non-linear parameters of transport connectivity assessment (such as the Engel and Holz coefficients) allow to assess the spatial organization of transport infrastructure in the context of the subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of transport development and territorial connectivity;
♦ the calculations of the above stated nonlinear coefficients show a clear asymmetry in the development of the Russian regions, and the overall level of socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is not always directly correlated with the development of their transport infrastructure, which is proved empirically.
Marina V. Kurnikova - Samara State University of Economics, Samara, Russia; Alexandr G. Timofeev - Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov, Moscow, Russia