Maria Podkorytova

Umeå University | UMU · Department of Geography

This paper discusses intercity networks within the former Soviet Union (FSU), a semi-periphery of the global economic system of interactions. Intercity networks are constructed following an assumption that interaction between offices of the same corporation indicates connectivity between cities. In the FSU global corporations operate against a back...

Assessing the potential of the cultural ecosystem services of green areas (values, images and behaviors that green areas offer to their visitors) is one of the tasks of the systemic development of natural ecosystems in the city. The article shows how data from geolocated social media, namely Instagram supplemented with Google Places and Strava, is...

The gradual formation of income segregation in the post-Soviet city leads to the localization of protest voting. New residential complexes are significant spatial elements of this process. The new housing attracts citizens with similar income levels and perception of the quality of the living environment, empowering urban segregation. Moreover, the...

In this paper we study subjective perception of the city space represented through geography of emotions. In particular, we analyze the continuity of user experience in the city, considering user emotions as connected states. To do this, we develop a concept of an “emotional street network” and analyze the integrity of human emotional experience th...

The article considers an analysis of the emotional perception of the urban environment as one of the tasks in building a “smart city” focused on citizens. The article discusses the theoretical foundations for analyzing the emotions of citizens as an indicator of the quality of the urban environment. Digital participatory mapping of emotions is desc...

During globalization transnational corporations (TNCs). perform as global decision-makers, in some cases more influential than states. Their localization strategies mirror the global urban hierarchy and demonstrate the concentration of global decision-making in a small number of cities. While the geography of TNCs’ global headquarters (HQs). is wid...

This paper presents an empirical study of the globalizing urban landscape in the post-Soviet region. In order to understand the position of cities in relation to each other in the context of economic globalization, the study considers the transnational city network in the post-Soviet region. At the center of analysis are the locational strategies o...

In a rapidly globalizing world, cities have acquired a prominent position. Thus, one can argue for a city-centric rather than a state-centric world. While not denying that globalization is assuredly changing a relationship between national states and cities, in the paper, the authors question the applicability of the city-centric globalization with...