№ 3,
2013
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Problems of urban settlement in Absheron economic region
Institute of Geography named after acad. H.Aliyev of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ1143, Baku, H.Javid av., 115
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The Absheron economic region is characterized by high urbanization level and intensive development of town planning. There are 28,7% of the total population and 3,4% of the urban population of Azerbaijan. The Baku agglomeration includes two satellite towns – Sumgayit and Khyrdalan as well as 70 townships with over 2,6 million people. The development of largest urban agglomeration is connected with manufacture concentration, high development level of infrastructure and mining industry as well as the change of demographic processes, growth of natural and migratory population movement.