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The paper is devoted to characteristic of new industrial cities as a new type of industrial cities, formed under the new industrialization and digital economy. The authors developed and tested their own methodology for their selection based on the use of available data as well as the nature of the object of the research. The methods, applied for the research are statistical methods and methods for expert evaluation. Twenty-eight Russian cities could be regarded as new industrial ones. Most of them have more than 250,0 thousand people. The results may be used in investigation of new industrial cities from the economics, management, urban planning and others points of view. The presented methodology may be test for others countries except for the Russian Federation.

The article seeks to identify the features of creative industries in Japanese cities with a population over 1 million people. Since there is no universal definition of creative industries in Japan and no officially adopted classification, we analyzed and aggregated various sources of information to develop a classification of creative industries, which takes into account specific features of Japanese culture and traditions. The analysis of creative industries in the largest cities has revealed that the advanced creative industry, i. e. "IT and computer services", is the most developed creative sector in Japan. The most widely spread traditional industries include "crafts and applied arts" and "architecture". For all 12 cities included in the analysis we calculated specialization coefficients, i.e. the ratio of the share of creative organizations and employed in the creative industries in a city to the corresponding shares of the industry in the country, and built petal diagrams for all creative industries. As a result, we have obtained an understanding about creative profiles of all largest Japanese cities. We applied a comparative-geographical method to identify territorial differences in the development of creative industries in Japanese cities, and a cartographic method to reveal the territorial structure of creative industries at the national level. The study has shown that the creative industries are unevenly distributed over the country and the territorial structure of creative industries in Japan is monocentric with hyperconcentration in Tokyo, the "creative hub" of the whole country, which is intended to become a creative center of Asia. Our study revealed that as the city's population decreases, the number of creative organizations and people employed in creative industries is declining quite steadily. The progress of the creative sector is an important component of the "Cool Japan" national policy, which views Japanese traditions and cultural heritage as innovations for economic growth and the development of creative industries. Depending on the number of found creative industries we identified first-, second-, and third-order "creative cores" which have a potential to become creative centers in their regions.

The study of intraregional migration in Russia is complicated by short time series and a limited set of published data, particularly at the municipal level. The publicly available data allow only general evaluation of migration parameters, e. g. the migration turnover, the net migration features, etc. More complete data, for example, on movements between municipalities, could be obtained from the regional statistical offices on special requests. Based on such data on intraregional migration in the Altai Krai in 2014-2018, the hinterlands of the urban okrugs were identified, and some characteristics of those hinterlands were revealed.The migration turnover with ten urban okrugs of the region was calculated for urban and rural settlements of the Altai Krai. A settlement was attributed to the hinterland of a particular urban okrug basing on the maxi-mum migration turnover with it. The hinterlands were delimited in two ways, i.e. with and without considering the capital city of Barnaul. By this we evaluated how the exclusion of migration to/from the regional capital, which dominates the system of intraregional migration links, affects the migration preferences of settlement residents.The results of the study showed that the Barnaul hinterland includes more than half of the Krai's territory with approximately 60% of the region's population. The hinterlands of other cities are proportional to the population of their centers and are also influenced by their location in relation to the regional capital. Without considering Barnaul, several cities, such as Rubtsovsk and Slavgorod considerably expand their influence, while the hinterland of Biysk, the second-largest city in the region, changed only slightly. Despite the importance of the size of cities, the mutual disposition of subcenters and their location in relation to the regional center play a critical role in the intraregional migration. The study gives an idea of principal directions of inter-settlement migration in the Altai Krai.

The article presents the results of the investigation of a system of criteria that reflect economic content of the concept of «single-industry city» and take into account, on the one hand, the change in their role in the system of urban settlement and, on the other hand, the specific conditions and challenges of urban development in emerging markets; the outcomes of the approbation of the criteria identified for assessing the status and trends of the labor market of single-industry cities in Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation are presented.

The article deals with topical issues of the development of small cities in Central Russia. The focus is on the spatial growth of small cities and the factors that determine the process. Examples of the spatial development of expanding and shrinking cities are discussed separately. All spatial growth factors were divided into two large groups, i.e. endogenous and exogenous. In the first case, the principal growth factor is the local population, whose efforts expand the urban space. In the second case, the external forces are of key importance, generally the decisions of higher authorities or the activities of large developers. The spatial expansion is quite logical for the growing cities. Most of them are located in the suburbs of regional centers, resulting in the peculiarities of their development due to construction of new multistorey housing complexes, cottage settlements and townhouse complexes. Interestingly, the spatial growth is characteristic of declining cities as well. Moreover, the factors of their spatial growth are more diverse. Therefore, subgroups were distinguished in each group of factors depending on additional causes and agents of change. The endogenous causes of growth include the construction of new housing for the well-off segments of the population, the construction of new social housing, the construction of new housing for the military and the employees of large industrial enterprises, etc. Administrative incorporations of nearby settlements (villages, station settlements, military towns) and the activities of external developers are among the exogenous factors. The study showed that many small towns expand their space under the influence of various factors, this leads to the complication of their urban structure.

The article is meant to analyze various strategies and models for the development of smart cities, as well as the concept of project financing of smart cities, proposed by Pietro Doran, one of the founding partners of the world's first smart city built from scratch in South Korea — Songdo. The authors believe that Songdo's financing model, based on P. Doran's Project Model can be considered as an effective way to attract investment in greenfield projects for the development of «smart cities» in Russia on the basis of public-private partnership.

Development strategy of the world's largest cities in recent years "turned green" substantially and include as priority the maintenance of the quality of the environment and reduce the risks posed by global climate change. The article analyzes the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (2016-2030) from the standpoint of sustainability and quality of life of communities, primarily in the big cities. Proceeding from these positions the authors consider the relationship and interaction between different Goals, targets and indicators for their implementation. Particular attention is paid to international indices of city prosperity and cities outlook, the global cities index. Constructive methodological and instrumental basis for solving urban problems is the concept of ecosystem services and payments for these services. The largest cities and megalopolises should be prioritized and pioneer objects in the system of payments for ecosystem services or compensation for the loss of the quality of these services, which eventually should become nationwide and provide a sustainable long-run development of the country.

This study explores the political aspect of closed cities, which is understudied compared to their managerial and economic aspects. The author examines the association between the status of a closed city and political preferences in 1990s. The study suggests that closed cities were strongholds of both liberal and anti-communist voting. It also hypothesizes that the differences in political preferences between closed cities and the rest of Russia diminish over time. The author collects electoral data from 1995 to 2003 and employs regression analysis, finding support for these hypotheses. However, the effect of voting for the "party in power" varies depending on the specific party project. This research contributes to understanding the political uniqueness of closed cities, considering their regional characteristics and social capital.

The article deals with problems concerning the implementation of tax-budget policy pursued in large cities, and the evaluation of its compliance with the principles of the legal, organizational and financial autonomy laid down in the European Charter of Local Self-Government. It was determined that the local self-government is part of the management mechanism that optimally combines the interests of the person and human rights, as well as the interests of the city, region and state. The economic basis of local self-government is the material and financial resources that are owned and managed by the territorial communities. Municipal property, local taxes and fees are the main types of these resources the management of which is realized through the development and implementation of tax-budget policy provided by the local governments. The procedure of assessing the compliance of tax-budget policy of large cities with the principles of financial autonomy is offered. It includes seven steps, in particular: the determination of cities sample; collection of the information on cities' budgets revenues over five years; calculation of the budget structure indexes (in the context of their own sources and inter-budget transfers): the determination of indexes of the structure of own sources of budget revenues; calculation of budget revenues structure by the most significant items per capita (in comparable monetary units): the generalization of the analysis results; elaboration of recommendations to strengthen the financial autonomy of local governments of cities. The above procedure has been tested using the indexes of cities' budgets revenues in the Russian Federation, Poland and Ukraine. It was revealed that to manage the revenues of cities' budgets, all of the above countries complying with the main financial principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government should take into account the specifics of using the methods and techniques of achieving the financial self-sufficiency. The proposals have been elaborated to strengthen the financial autonomy of local budgets of cities in the Russian Federation by using tax and non-tax sources, including local taxes and fees, and by reducing the share of the state subventions and subsidies. In the future, it is advisable to explore the possibility of identifying and using the additional tax sources to replenish the revenue base of local budgets. ; Статья посвящена проблемам реализации налогово-бюджетной политики крупных городов и оценке ее соответствия принципам правовой, организационной и финансовой автономии, заложенным в Европейской хартии местного самоуправления. Определено, что местное самоуправление входит в состав механизма управления, оптимально сочетающего как интересы и права человека, так и интересы города, региона и государства. Предложена методика оценки соответствия налогово-бюджетной политики городов принципам финансовой автономии, которая включает семь этапов. Методика апробирована на показателях доходной части бюджетов городов Российской Федерации, Польши и Украины. Выявлено, что при управлении доходной частью городских бюджетов в Российской Федерации, Польше и Украине каждая из стран, придерживаясь главных финансовых принципов Европейской хартии местного самоуправления, должна учитывать специфику при использовании методов и приемов достижения финансовой самодостаточности. Разработаны предложения по укреплению финансовой автономии местных бюджетов городов Российской Федерации за счет налоговых и неналоговых источников, включая местные налоги и сборы, а также снижения удельного веса государственной субвенции и дотаций. В дальнейшем целесообразно исследовать возможности выявления и использования дополнительных налоговых источников пополнения доходной базы местных бюджетов.

The article is devoted to an overview of the possibilities of modern scientific, technical and technological solutions in achieving the goals of sustainable development, implemented by the UN. The article was prepared on the basis of an analysis of the issues raised during the online discussion "Green Cities and Economies: Solutions from Academia", held on July 21, 2020 in the framework of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The article presents analytical materials that reveal the prospects for using modern scientific and technological achievements in the creation of ecologically clean cities. Possibilities and feasibility of using advanced composite materials and multifunctional nanocoatings in the fight against urban noise have been determined. The advantages of special noise-insulating panels based on composite materials and nanocoatings to reduce the negative effects of city noise are noted. It is concluded that it is necessary to strengthen the participation of the academic community in achieving the goals of sustainable development and the practical use of scientific discoveries in the practice of creating "green" cities.

Using the example of the Moscow region and based on the analysis of various information, including data from cellular operators, we studied a poorly explored phenomenon of absorption of some cities (towns) by others. The objectives of the article included the development of an approach to the study of united cities (towns), including an assessment of the preservation of their self-sufficiency as autonomous centers, as well as the identification of factors and stages of integration.It is revealed that in the Soviet period the unification of cities (towns) in the Moscow region occurred as a result of the evolutionary development of neighboring centers and their merger. In recent decades the inclusion of cities (towns) into neighboring centers is mainly the result of artificial amalgamation during the current stage of municipal reform. Based on the example of the three largest takeover cases of recent times (Khimki - Skhodnya, Balashikha - Zheleznodorozhny, Podolsk - Klimovsk), and using the data of cellular operators, we analysed the borders, population numbers and the system of external relations of the population. It is shown that all united cities (towns) under consideration continue to be independent centers (in terms of population size and density, and their role as local centers of labor gravity).The study of the absorbed cities (towns) of the Moscow region made it possible to identify the stages of their integration. It is revealed that after formal administrative subordination, the united center goes through the stages of infrastructural and socio-cultural merger, ending with the stage of complete absorption. It is shown that under the influence of a number of factors (geographical proximity, population size, economic structure, etc.), merger processes can accelerate or slow down.A methodology proposed in the article is aimed at forming an approach to the study of absorbed cities (towns). The latter disappear from the field of view of official statistics and specialists, despite their continued functioning as independent centers for a long time.