Russian Large Urban Regions (LUR): Population and Administrative Units

Large Urban Regions (LURs) in Russia are constructed by aggregating municipal districts around core cities based on economic and social interdependence. The database provides population data for these LURs and their constituent administrative units, aiming to enable comparative socio-economic urban studies. It was created by Mikhail Rogov at the University of Lausanne.

Use Cases

• Compare urban economic influence across Russian cities based on the LUR delineation.
• Analyze population distribution within integrated urban economic zones.
• Study the relationship between core cities and their dependent regions using the provided administrative unit aggregations.

Strengths

• Construction is based on multiple urban concepts including political, morphological, and functional definitions.
• Delineation criteria include population distribution, road networks, and presence of multinational firms.
• Data is sourced from a research institution, the University of Lausanne.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Lausanne

Collection Method

Aggregation of continuous statistical units using criteria like population distribution and road networks.

Geography

Russia