The Development of The Cities: The Kazakh Case

Authors

Dinara Umarova

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of Kazakh capital city Astana. The methodology of the research provides literature review on issues of urbanization and economic growth, comparative study, use of empirical and descriptive methods, and based on official statistics and statistical methods. The research confirms that status of the city and capital status of Astana ensure its competitiveness at the national level and in comparison with some leading regional Kazakh cities such as Almaty, Shymkent and Aktobe. The main indicators of the socio-economic situation in Astana are comparatively better. In particular, the capital city has relatively low rates of poverty and unemployment. Moreover, in Astana indicators of average life expectancy, average monthly wages and gross regional product per capita are higher. Also, considering dynamic growth of the population the article emphasizes the need to develop rural areas of the Astana agglomeration in order to provide the capital city with the basic foodstuff and construction materials.

DOI

10.14456/arv.2023.9

First Page

97

Last Page

118

Recommended Citation

Umarova, Dinara (2023) "The Development of The Cities: The Kazakh Case," Asian Review: Vol. 36: No. 2, Article 6.
DOI: 10.14456/arv.2023.9
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/arv/vol36/iss2/6