Evaluation of interrelatedness of cities in the territorial space of Russia

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of the article is to carry out the analysis of interrelatedness of cities in the territorial space of Russia. The evaluation method is based on the calculation of global and local Moran's indexes for determination of interrelatedness of the adjacent territories by the following parameters: "population size", "population density", "average monthly salary", "shipping volume per capita". Represented as the study object were cities of the Volga Federal District of Russia with a population size over 100 thousand people in 2017. As a result of the calculations performed the leading cities were determined for all researched parameters. The quantitative evaluations obtained by the authors can be used for investigation of the leading cities effects and determination of the region development strategies.

Keywords

• City
• Moran's index
• Spatial interrelations
• Spatial autocorrelation