GEODEMOGRAPHIC SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ZHETYSU REGION AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPING LABOR POTENTIAL

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DOI:

10.26577/JGEM81220263

Keywords:

geodemographic sustainability, labour potential, integral index, IGU, LPI, IGDTI

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between geodemographic sustainability and labour potential planning at the district and city level in the Zhetysu Region of Kazakhstan. The aim of the study is to assess the spatial differentiation of regional labour potential by integrating demographic and labour-market indicators and to identify priority directions for territorial policy.

The empirical basis consists of official statistics from the Bureau of National Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The study calculates the geodemographic sustainability index (IGU), the labour potential index (LPI), which combines economic activity, employment, wage employment and the inverse normalized unemployment rate, and the integrated geodemographic–labour index (IGDTI).

The results reveal a clear core–periphery pattern: Taldykorgan city and Panfilov district show high index values, whereas Tekeli city and Karatal district represent areas of increased demographic and labour-market risk.

Author Biographies

  • G.N Nyussipova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

    Professor of the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences

  • A. Nurbolkyzy, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

    PhD doctoral student in Geography at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

  • A.K. Sarsembayeva, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Әл

    PhD doctoral student in Geography at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi KazNU

  • G.K. Bidaibekova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, әл- Фараби атындағы ҚазҰУ

    Master of Geography at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi KazNU

  • Ch. Zhumagulov, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, әл- Фараби атындағы ҚазҰУ

    PhD Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Published

2026-06-20

Issue

Vol. 81 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Geography and Environmental Management

Section

Physical, economic and social geography

How to Cite

GEODEMOGRAPHIC SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ZHETYSU REGION AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPING LABOR POTENTIAL. (2026). Journal of Geography and Environmental Management, 81(2). https://doi.org/10.26577/JGEM81220263