Studying the distribution of population of Mountain Shirvan in the GIS environment

Abstract

The paper deals with studying of resettlement of population of Mountain Shirvan region in the
GIS environment. This mountain region for long has been known as one of lagging economic
regions of Azerbaijan with its very low urbanization rate. Mountain Shirvan for decades
experienced continuous out-migration. In this paper, upon conducting a comparative analysis
of the two last population censuses we found that tens of settlements have experienced
depopulation in the region. Moreover, through GIS mapping which included data collection
(aerospace images and statistical information), mapping in ArcMap 10.8 program with using
Overlay tool, and geostatistical analysis in ArcToolBox, we defined the features of spatial
distribution of the population, and the geographical coverage of rural areas in the territory of
Mountain Shirvan region.