Assessment of Current State of Urban Resettlement in a Russian Region. Case Study: Orel Region 

Evgeny ALEKHIN1, Vladimir TIKHII1
1 Orel State University, Faculty of Economics and Management, Orel, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
E-mail: e.alekhin@mail.ru
Pages: 21-26

Abstract. This article gives the evaluation of the state of urban resettlement in Orel region, one of the Central Russia provinces. It provides the research of the change in urban population of the region, urbanization dynamics. The article reveals the main reasons for the decrease in urbanization intensity, gives the analysis of the rate of urbanization in terms of administrative districts of the region, provides the classification of urban settlements of the region according to population and researches the changes in urban population resettlement during intercensal periods.

K e y w o r d s:  cities, urban population, urbanization dynamics, urbanization intensity, urban resettlement