Life quality in the Center and Periphery of the Urals and the Volga regions

Abstract

The quality of life plays a crucial role in ensuring sustainable development and improving human interaction with the environment, solving environmental problems. On the other hand, there is a tendency for the outflow of both people and their capital from peripheral regions to the centers, worsening the quality of life throughout the country. The article assesses the quality of life in the Urals and Volga regions using the center-periphery framework. The data of the regional statistics of Rosstat and the data of the RA RIA rating were used. The article uses the methods of statistical analysis, generalization, and abstraction. The stable types of regions (Center, Periphery 1, Periphery 2) were identified, the type of each region was identified. The assessment of trends in the level of monetary incomes, meat consumption, the number of tourists traveling abroad, and other life quality indicators by groups of regions. It is concluded that the division of regions according to the quality of life is stable, and the differences only increase.