The Process of Agglomeration in Big Cities: the Case of the Yekaterinburg

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10.2991/ceed-18.2018.49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Agglomeration; Cities; Industry; Yekaterinburg

Abstract

In this research we identify and analyze key economic drivers of agglomeration processes in the old industrial areas. As a model, we used the economic mechanism of agglomeration of Cobb-Douglas production function. The object of our research is agglomeration of Yekaterinburg and its nearest city-satellites. All together present Big Yekaterinburg. The purpose of our research is to show whether there is agglomeration in an industrial monocentric city. We included only cities which are situated within the 60 kilometers vicinity around Yekaterinburg. Analyzing agglomeration factors by Cobb-Douglas production function, such as labor per capita, population, relative change in the number of employees per сapita, average wage, residential area and revenue of enterprises, we conclude that there agglomeration effects do not exist in industrial monocities in spite of big population. We propose polycentric organization of Yekaterinburg for greater agglomeration effects. The results of this study can be used in further research, both theoretical and applied and also in solution of practical issues of regional and urban policies.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Vukovic Darko B.
AU  - Larionova Viola
AU  - Bystrova Tatiana
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - The Process of Agglomeration in Big Cities: the Case of the Yekaterinburg
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Education and Economic Development (CEED 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 235
EP  - 238
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/ceed-18.2018.49
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