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The Development of Russian Social Geography: Challenges, Trends, Priorities
Развитие российской общественной географии: тренды, проблемные ситуации, приоритеты
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Abstract Promoting the development of social
geography (one of the most important components of present-day social sciences) is
especially important for contemporary Russia. In the last 25 years Russian social geography has seen dramatic disciplinary
changes. On the one hand, it has widened
its scope... view more
Promoting the development of social
geography (one of the most important components of present-day social sciences) is
especially important for contemporary Russia. In the last 25 years Russian social geography has seen dramatic disciplinary
changes. On the one hand, it has widened
its scope. On the other hand, it has suffered
from a growing contradiction between the
popularization of the social geographic
knowledge, the need to have a clear understanding of the factors and results of a multi-scale territorial social and economic dynamics, and the limits of the field (with its
organizational structure, possibilities and
practitioners desperately falling behind the
times). The aim of this article is to analyze
the post-soviet period of the development of
social geography to identify the strengths
and weaknesses that the discipline has de-
monstrated, the challenges it still has to
overcome and the priorities it has yet to
formulate. It is shown how the traditional
dimensions of social geography (with their
focus on humanities, culture, economics,
geography or environment, respectively)
not only keep their value but acquire new
meanings. The author concludes about the
importance and the strategies of further
integration within the community of social
geography researchers, and points out the
directions of future research: fundamental
issues of Russian spatial planning, Russian
positioning in both global and local (Eura-
sian) contexts.... view less
Keywords
social geography; Russia; spatial planning; scientific discipline
Classification
General Problems, History of the Social Sciences
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 94-104
Journal
Baltic Region (2015) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2015-2-9
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed