Makhrova A.G., Babkin R.A. Cities of the Moscow Capital Region: official and real

Authors

  • Alla Georgievna Makhrova Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow, Russia Author
  • Roman Alexandrovich Babkin Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5922/1994-5280-2022-1-1

Keywords:

“real” city, Moscow, Moscow oblast, mobile network operators data, delimitation of the boundaries of settlements

Abstract

The article considers methodological approaches and criteria for the delimitation of urban settlements within larger metropolitan areas by the case of Moscow region. It is shown that the techniques using mobile operator data provide good results for the identification of “true” cities. It allows to identify a city in its “physical” borders by 500x500 m cells as a lowest territorial unit and more correctly reflect the number of the population. The most applicable method turned out to be based on the indicators of the population of continuous built-up areas of over 15 thousand people and population density of over 1000 people/km2. As an additional criterion the existing and former borders of settlements are taken into account that despite their subjective nature, perform a barrier function. According to the proposed methodology, 92 “true” cities were allocated in Moscow region against 76 existing cities (outside former borders of Moscow). These, along with some of the official cities, included large urban-type settlements and villages, abolished cities and towns, as well as conglomerates of several small settlements, including those in New Moscow. The belt-sector structure of “real” cities distribution duplicates the pattern of the urban settlement network with higher concentration in nearest suburbs and in eastern sector of the region. As well as for the official cities of the region, Rosstat underestimates population for centers located up to 40 km from the MKAD, and overestimates it in more remote cities.

Financing
Sections "Study of the issue" and "Materials and methods of research" were written by A.G. Makhrova within the framework of the State Research Center of the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov (topic No. 121051100161-9 "Modern dynamics and factors of socio-economic development of regions and cities of Russia and the Near Abroad").

Author Biographies

  • Alla Georgievna Makhrova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow, Russia

    Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Moscow

  • Roman Alexandrovich Babkin, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory "Regional Policy and Regional Investment Processes" of the Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov, Moscow

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2022-03-28

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Urbanization and urban geography

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Makhrova A.G., Babkin R.A. Cities of the Moscow Capital Region: official and real . (2022). Regional Research, 1 (75), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.5922/1994-5280-2022-1-1