In limbo between state and corporate responsibility: Transport infrastructure in the oil village Verkhnemarkovo, Irkutskaya Oblast in Russia

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

Saxinger, G.^1 ; Krasnoshtanova, N.E.^2 ; Illmeier, G.^1

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Austrian Polar Research Institute, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria^1

Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia^2

关键词: 20th century;    Corporate responsibility;    Corporate social responsibilities (CSR);    Russian federation;    Socio-economic development;    Soviet Union;    Transport infrastructure;    Transportation infrastructures;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/190/1/012062/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/190/1/012062

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The village of Verkhnemarkovo is located in a remote oil region in the Irkutskaya Oblast in the Siberian part of the Russian Federation. Active socio-economic development of the village began with the discovery of an oil field near settlement in the middle of the 20th century. In the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union the once thriving oil village faced massive out migration and also decay of the once good transportation infrastructure. This article shows the changes of the provision of transport infrastructure and mobility practices in this village of around 2500 people. It raises the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and that of the state for care and maintenance of roads in particular. The results highlight the state of the village and its inhabitants being in a limbo between the two main bodies who are expected to be responsible for facilitation of good transport infrastructure: the state and the companies operating in the region.