Assessment of social and demographic stability of the small and average cities

The central idea of the article is to define the main methodical approach to assessment of social and demographic stability of the small and average cities. Problems of social and demographic development of the small and average cities owing to concentration of economic activity in the large cities, polarization and fragmentation of social and economic space, growth of economic disparities and increase in social tension are considered. The authors emphasize the necessity of just-in-time accounting of social and demographic stability of the cities with use of a method of the indicative analysis. Komparativny analyses are systematized by method indicators of social and demographic stability of the cities including: social service of the population, demographic potential, education, health care, ecology, consumer ability, infrastructure of the city and municipal sphere. Methodical tools are approved on the example of the small and average cities of Yekaterinburg of the second belt, which have settled down at distance > 40 and < 80 km. On the basis of the analysis' results four classes of social and demographic stability of the cities are revealed, for each of which a number of measures for the solution of the current problems and to decrease in the potential threats weakening indicators of social and demographic development of territorial educations has to be accepted.

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