Geography and Natural Resources

THE RURAL SETTLEMENT AND THE FEATURES OF DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT IN LANKARAN-ASTARA ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

H.M.Tahirova

Abstract. The article defines the features of the set­tlement of the rural population and its demographic de­velopment, problems in this area, and ways to solve them in the Lankaran-Astara economic-geographical region. It also analyzes the dynamics of the number of rural gro­ups over decades and the population living in them. The­refore the village groups and their po­pu­lation play a vital role in settlement regulation, de­mographic development, and the territorial organization of the economic areas. Here, the population of 43.1% of the villages varies from 500 to 2,000. Approximately half of the rural population of the economic region is con­centrated in these villages. 11.5% of the rural areas of the economic region are rep­resented by villages with a population of over 2,000 which settled population con­stitute 41.2% of the total rural population.

One of the main factors that play an essential role in rural settlement and demographic development is the so­cio-economic status of the villages. Distinctively in the plains, where the population is more densely populated, in the mountainous areas retail and spontaneous villages are excess. This factor creates difficulties in the socio-eco­nomic development of small mountain villages, in ad­dressing infrastructure and transportation problems. The taken measures to improve the socio-economic sta­tus of villages in the economic region, in turn, have a po­sitive impact on the formation and demographic de­velopment of the rural settlement system.

 

Keywords: economic-geographical region, rural settlement, demographic development, rural population, natural growth, birth, death, village groups, settlement system.

 

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Publication Date: October 5, 2021

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