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Connectivity of the Siberian Space: Problems and Solutions

  • DEVELOPMENT PATHS FOR SIBERIA: DISPUTES OVER ITS FUTURE
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The questions of connectivity of space are considered as the most important characteristic of its quality. The integral connectivity of space is defined as the degree and efficiency of adjacency, interaction, complementarity, and integration of parts of the economic, social, scientific–technical, cultural, and ethnonational space of large territorial systems in the context of their geographical and administrative-territorial units, as well as synergy of natural resource and human potential of the regions, their transport accessibility, and the expanding space of interregional interactions. It is concluded that the connectivity of space and processes of interregional and intercountry integration are an inseparable whole. As an object of research, Siberia is considered as the largest macroregion in the world and a strategically important territorial system of the Russian Federation. New trends in world integration processes (Integration 2.0) are analyzed, as well as the role of Siberia in the eastern vector of Russia’s development and in cross-border interactions. Interregional projects are systematized as the basis for the connectivity of Siberia’s economic space.

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  1. Large territorial systems include associations and unions, individual countries (in the context of their administrative-territorial units and macroregions), and macroregions of states with a vast territory and strong spatial differences.

  2. All this culminated in a number of foreign scientists and analysts assessing Siberia as “ballast” for Russia and refer to the “Siberian resource curse” (Hill and Gaddy, 2003). Our article, written together with V.A. Kryukov, in this issue of the journal demonstrates the fallacy of such conclusions.

  3. Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. http://www.kremlin.ru/ events/president/news/60707. Accessed February 3, 2020.

  4. Adress from the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly. December 13, 2013. http://kremlin.ru/ events/president/news/19825. Accessed February 3, 2020.

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The article was prepared within the project “Socioeconomic Development of Asian Russia based on Synergy of Transport Accessibility, Systemic Knowledge about the Natural Resource Potential, and the Expanding Space of Interregional Interactions” (grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia no. 13.1902.21.0016).

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Seliverstov, V.E. Connectivity of the Siberian Space: Problems and Solutions. Reg. Res. Russ. 11 (Suppl 1), S23–S34 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079970522010063

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