TY  - Data
T1  - Soviet geography
A1  - Documentation Information Center
DO  - 10.12389/ariddc.01889
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-17
PB  - Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
AB  - This volume was prepared by the Department of Geography of the Institute for the History of Natural Science and Technology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and is based on a synthesis of materials published in the abstract journal Geography, with primary emphasis on the years 1962-1964. As the first review in the Scientific Surveys series devoted to the question of Soviet economic regionalization, it also incorporates a number of important works published during 1960-1961, as well as selected contributions from 1964.In recent years, attention to the problems of economic regionalization has steadily increased. This development has been driven by the growing importance of territorial principles in the management of the national economy and by the practical need for a deeper understanding of large economic regions and their constituent parts. A considerable body of literature has emerged dealing with both general methodological issues of regionalization and specific questions, such as studies of internal regional subdivisions related to economic regionalization, the relationships among different types of regionalization, and their connections with regional planning. For geography in particular, the relationship between physical-geographical regionalization and economic regionalization is of special significance. This volume addresses the topic in part, while a more detailed treatment is planned in a forthcoming Scientific Surveys issue devoted specifically to physical-geographical regionalization.The collection opens with V. V. Pokshishevsky’s review article, Economic Regionalization of the USSR (A Survey of Research Problems, 1962-1964). Set against a broad historical background, the article presents a critical analysis of various viewpoints within economic-geographical theory and outlines the fundamental principles of Soviet economic regionalization theory as validated through practical experience. The volume also includes several review articles devoted to spe
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