THE NATIONAL
ATLAS OF
G.V. Pozdnjak, A.N. Krajukhin
PKO “Cartography”
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The Volume
3 “Population. Economy”
is
a
component
of
the
National
Atlas
of
Russia
created
as
the official
state
edition
according
to
the
assignment
of
the Russian
Federation
Government. The
volume
is
intended
for
wide
use
in the
sphere
of
management,
in
social,
economic,
scientific,
educational
and
other
fields
of
activity. Objects
of
mapping
in the volume
are
the
population
and
economy
of
the
The section “General
characteristic
of
the
The section “Population
and
social
development”
is
devoted
to
characteristic
of
the
population,
its
social
habitat
and
development. Accordingly
there
are
three
subsections: Population
and
settling,
social
sphere
and
socio-political development.As it will be
see below in
the
subsection
“Population
and
settling”
thematic
subjects
are
presented
as
follows: aaccommodation
and
structure
of
the
population,
its
demographic
characteristics
and
migratory
processes,
urbanization
and
cities,
labour
market
and
employment,
standard
of
living
and
health
of
the
population.
Characteristic
of
the
basic
segment condition
and
dynamics,
as
traditionally
reflected
in
geographical
atlases
(public
health
services,
education,
science,
culture,
trade),
and
others
(living
conditions
and
communal
services,
recreation,
tourism,
sports)is
given in
the
subsection
“Social
sphere”.
The
maps
reflecting
a
level
of
The section “National economy and economic
development” includes four subsections.
The subsection structure is
constructed on logic transition from the general characteristic of economy to
the consecutive characteristic of the economy basic spheres: Manufacture
– Infrastructure – Investment. Thematic subjects in the subsection “Industrial
sphere” are given on the basic branches of the “primary” (agriculture,
forestry, fish industry and hunting facilities) and “secondary” (industry and
construction) spheres of economy. The given subsection is concluded by maps on internal
and foreign trade which converts into cash the production of the industrial
sphere branches in the internal and external markets.
The important information on
conditions of market economy in the sphere of human service manufacture is
presented in the subsection “Human services”. It gives about half of the modern Russian total
internal product . Branches of tertiary and quaternary spheres of economy are
presented in the subsection “Infrastructural sphere”. According to tradition
the transport is presented there. It is characterized in the context of transport
networks, as well as in the context of separate branches (railway, automobile,
water, etc.). A communication is added by the characteristic of the
telecommunication infrastructure without which it is impossible to conceive the
modern society. New themes are maps on information and market (including
bank) infrastructure. Thematic subjects describing not only geography,
structure and dynamics of the investments, the largest investment programs, but
also investment conditions in regions (including legal matters) are presented
in the subsection “Investment sphere”.
The section «Regions and regional development»
is devoted to the regional component of the volume.
A series of the complex social
and economic maps reflecting social and economic structure of large
geographical areas and the basic features of regional economy is given there.
The given section is also
intended for reflection of the
The final «Reference section» includes
the dictionary of terms and sources of the information (literary, cartographical,
and statistical).