title: Use of the population potential model for predicting the growth of cities in a region (with reference to Moscow Oblast).
abstract: "A modification of the population potential model is used to analyze the structure of the potential of population for cities of the Moscow region, to develop a relationship between population potential and city size, and to use this procedure to forecast future population change in Moscow Oblast cities."  Cities in the region with a population of 50,000 or more at the censuses of 1959, 1970, and 1979 are included.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Molodikova
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Khanin
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005544:Forecasting; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Estimation Technics; Geographic Factors; Macroeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Forecast; Population Growth Estimation; Population Projection; Research Methodology; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population--changes; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Ussr