Factors of Spatial Mobility in Russia

• Published in: Regional research of Russia Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 58 - 66
• Main Author: Cherkashina, T. Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.01.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Economics; Economics and Finance; Infrastructure; Living conditions; Mobility; Regional/Spatial Science; Slavic studies; Social Geography; Standard of living; Travel; Russia; level of mobility; economic resources; tourism; return mobility; spatial mobility; transport infrastructure
• ISSN: 2079-9705; 2079-9713
• DOI: 10.1134/S2079970518010033

This article considers the “Comprehensive monitoring of living conditions” of the Russian population to determine the level of mobility of residents in different regions of the country. The subject matter of the study is the tourist mobility of Russians. A system of equations from the binomial logistic regression model revealed that the probability of a Russian citizen taking a travel tour is mostly influenced by personal factors, such as economic status and physical condition. The impact of transport infrastructure characteristics is absorbed by the income characteristics of individuals; i.e., regional differences in standard of living correlate with the density of the transport infrastructure. Spatial mobility for tourism purposes was found to be associated to a greater degree with land transport infrastructure rather than with air service. Differentiation of Russians with respect to the parameters of spatial mobility of travel actually reproduces economic inequality, while the density of the transport infrastructure, which differs from region to region, tends not to mitigate the impact of economic resources on spatial movement.