Transcontinental bridges VS continentality: the case of Russia and Canada

1st International Geographical Conference of North Asian Countries "China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor: Geographical and Environmental Factors and Territorial Development Opportunities"

地球科学;生态环境科学;经济学

Lomakina, A.I.^1

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia^1

关键词: Coastal regions;    Cross-border;    Economic activities;    Geographical positions;    Land bridges;    Maritime navigation;    Transport infrastructure;    Transport routes;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/190/1/012059/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/190/1/012059

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The article focuses on the role of land bridges as a factor of reduction of continentality, the cases of Russia and Canada are considered. The example of the TransCanada railway, as well as the Transsiberian railway and the Central route of the OBOR, shows that due to relatively cheap tariffs, they will improve the transport and geographical position of inland regions. However, they cannot completely overcome the continentality of these regions and compete on an equal basis with the regions facing the sea or inner waterways accessible for Maritime navigation (the Saint Lawrence and the Great lakes Seaway, Yangtze, the Xi River). The economic effect, similar to that which the coastal regions receive from the benefits of cheap transport routes, is possible in the border Siberian regions because of subsidizing land transportation by the Chinese authorities. At the same time, the development of cross-border transport infrastructure linking adjacent inland regions contributes to the intensification of trade and economic ties between them. Thus, Canada has developed communication between the provinces and the states, and in the future such an intra-continental belt of trade and economic activity may arise in the framework of the Northern course of the OROB.