DEVELOPMENT OF URBANIZATION IN KAZAKHSTAN IN THE POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study new forms of urbanization processes in the post-pandemic period. When studying the processes of urbanization in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the world, a set of the following methods of economic research was used: monographic, program-target, logical. In the work on the study, such theoretical research methods as comparisons and generalizations, scientific abstraction and synthesis were also used. The processes of urbanization depend on many factors, political and economic. Recently, the impact of the global Coronavirus pandemic on all processes taking place in the global economy, including the development of urbanization, has been of particular importance. The article studies the state of urbanization in the Republic of Kazakhstan for this period, summarizes recommendations and measures for the development of cities, highlights the main forms and trends in the course of urbanization in the post-pandemic period. The negative consequences of quarantine measures taken by the governments of countries to combat Coronavirus directly affect the economic development of countries and regions, and, accordingly, the development of cities and settlements, that is, the processes of urbanization. In the study on the impact of these consequences, the instructions of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan are mentioned, new approaches of the Kazakh government to regional and territorial development are considered, which will allow managing the process of urbanization, ensuring the phased nature of "migration waves", avoiding overpopulation and social tension in large cities. Administrative and territorial changes will optimize the process of public administration, simplify travel for citizens to the regional center and back, and contribute to more effective regulation of internal migration. All these initiatives and proposals of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan will soon give a strong impetus to the development of cities – new regional centers, strengthen their economy and competitiveness, which in turn gives the prospect of a good pace of urbanization growth in Kazakhstan.