Урбанизация Российского и зарубежного Севера: сравнительный анализ количественных характеристик

Urbanization is considered as part of the transformation process of the global, national, and regional systems. The author has conducted a comparative analysis of the quantitative characteristics of urbanization in the Russian North (including the Far North-East) as well as in foreign countries (territories) of the North. The article shows that, over the past 30 years, the level of urbanization in both Russia as a whole and its northern territories has been growing very slowly on the background of the population decline, while the urbanization in the foreign countries of the North is actively continuing on the background of the population growth. The analysis of urbanization processes has revealed that the main quantitative characteristics of RussiaТs Far North-East are similar to those of Northern Canada and Alaska. Therefore, it is logical to conclude that the experience of transforming the regional economic systems in these countries should be applied for the further successful development of Magadan Oblast and Chukotka.