Structure of urbanization and trends in intra-regional differentiation of standard of living

Abstract

The paper evaluated the differences of particular indicators and comprehensive quantitative assessments of standards of living in cities of different size and status made on the basis of the proposed  technique. Investigation of dynamics of obtained quantitative estimates of the standard of living showed the increasing polarization of the standard of living in cities with increasing concentration on the poles. The role of the size of the city, its administrative status, as well as intraregional urban structure in the dynamics of inequality of living standards of citizens was studied.