Current Challenges to the Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Russia’s Central Chernozem Region

Chugunova, Nadeshda; Polyakova, T. A.; Narozhnyaya, Anastasiya; Lisetskii, Fedor

doi:10.35534/rrd.2023.10001

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“…It has been previously established [78] that in the 13th-14th centuries, a large number of early Russian settlements arose in the river floodplains because the high waters were smoothed out over time and the floodplains were not inundated; however, after 300 years of deforestation and ploughing of the regional steppes, the intensity and height of the spring (snowmelt-induced) floods increased, while the nature of the settlement of rural residents changed from the predominantly floodplain valley type to a continuous watershed variant. In the studied region, a peculiar system of settlement started to develop in the rural areas from the mid-17th century [79]. It was adapted to such a landscape feature of the southwestern slopes of the Central Russian Upland as the territory was cut with broad and relatively deep (up to 75-100 m) river valleys.…”

Section: The Dynamics Of the Formation Of The Urban Areamentioning

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Runoff of Water and Its Quality under the Combined Impact of Agricultural Activities and Urban Development in a Small River Basin

Lisetskii

Buryak

2023

Water

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The basin of the small river studied here (the Vezelka River, Belgorod Oblast of European Russia) is located within an urban area (22% of the basin). This circumstance determines its specificity as an object of synergetic anthropogenic impact. The purpose of the work was to develop and test approaches to the integral assessment of the hydroecological situation both in the watershed and riparian zones based on hydrological, hydrochemical, and hydrobiological data and estimates of soil erosion, river water quality, and the pollution of river bottom sediments. The selection of the Vezelka River and its watershed for the study was due to the presence there of two water intakes for a town with a population of 2439 people per sq. km, repeated bottom deepening in the riverbed, and the fact that there is a single regional small-river hydrological station (although there are 567 rivers < 25 km long in Belgorod Oblast). Analysis for 1951–2021 showed a steady decline in water discharge since 1991; thus, over the past three decades, the discharge has decreased by 2.4 times. The reduction in the length of the river network of the study region by 38% over the past 250 years and the assignment of water (at 10 gauging stations) to 3–4 quality classes (extremely and heavily polluted) indicated the exhaustion of the possibilities for the self-purification of the river water. These estimates for large and medium rivers were clearly confirmed by the investigation of the water in the small river studied. In the summer low-water periods, the maximum allowable concentrations in fishery water bodies were exceeded by 2–10 times in terms of Cu, Fe, ammonium, oil, and biochemical oxygen demand. The reconstruction of the floodplain–channel subsystem of river–valley landscapes was substantiated as the final stage of the concept of basin nature management, replacing the continuous deepening of the channel without proper erosion control measures in the watershed area and the organization of buffer zones along the river banks.

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Runoff of Water and Its Quality under the Combined Impact of Agricultural Activities and Urban Development in a Small River Basin

Lisetskii

Buryak

2023

Water

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Lyu,

2024

Econ Change Restruct

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Metropolization process in the rural settlement system of the Central Chernozem region of Russia

Chugunova,

Lisetskii,

Narozhnyaya

et al. 2024

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The Central Chernozem region of Russia has undergone significant changes in socio-demographic processes over the past half-century. The aim of this study was to establish the impact of metropolization on the demographic transformation of sparsely populated rural settlements for the Central Chernozem region and to develop a demographic forecast for 2030. The study’s goals were to (1) determine the scale of regional metropolises; (2) identify the impact of metropolization on the quantitative indicators of sparsely populated rural settlements; (3) establish trends in their transformation; and (4) compile a medium-term demographic forecast for the Central Chernozem region. The set objectives were achieved by integrating methods for spatial-temporal and comparative geographical analysis, statistical methods, and a combination of official statistics with sociological methods. Analysis of the level of urbanization of the regions in modern conditions (20th and 21st centuries) showed that, although this process was and remained below the national average, it did not prevent the formation of regional metropolises (Belgorod, Stary Oskol, Kursk, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov) as an obvious outcome of urbanization processes. A regional pattern of degradation of the network of rural settlements, mainly the smallest and small in terms of population (1-25, 26-50 people), which make up over one third of all settlements in the Central Chernozem region of Russia, was determined. A stable long-term trend of growth in the number of abandoned villages and hamlets was established. Between the last two All-Russian population censuses (11 years), their number increased by 45%. The forecasting results obtained confirm the established patterns in the medium-term trend of “compression” of rural settlement around regional metropolis (with some exceptions). The medium-term demographic forecast showed that population concentration in metropolitan areas and further socio-demographic desertification in peripheral areas will continue with growing territorial differentiation. The obtained results of the study of the transformation of settlement systems of the Central Chernozem region as a result of the metropolization of regional centers can help government institutions in strategic planning of territorial development.

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Current Challenges to the Sustainable Development of Rural Communities in Russia’s Central Chernozem Region

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Runoff of Water and Its Quality under the Combined Impact of Agricultural Activities and Urban Development in a Small River Basin

Runoff of Water and Its Quality under the Combined Impact of Agricultural Activities and Urban Development in a Small River Basin

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Urban–rural income gap and economic sustainability: how does energy transition matters?

Metropolization process in the rural settlement system of the Central Chernozem region of Russia

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