Structural transformation of small cities

Abstract

One of the key problems in urban planning is the present-day development of small cities experiencing negative consequences of new socio-economic reality. The need for searching the ways to raise the investment attractiveness of small cities becomes obvious as also the need to revise the goals of their planning structure development. On the example of Chistopol city possible ways of structural transformation, aimed at both preservation of small city natural attractiveness and opening up new opportunities for its urban development, are considered. One of the crucial goals of the research is to reveal the effective methods of small cities’ central part spatial transformation directed on satisfying new social needs of residents while maintaining the valuable historical heritage. As a result of comprehensive assessment of the current state of city’s central part spatial organization, its characteristic features are revealed and new city center formation model is proposed, which structural and functional organization is more complex and emphasizing the idea of creating high quality urban environment.

“Smart” transport and logistics complex as a factor of sustainable development of the region (on the example of the Volgograd region)

“…As practice shows, the policy of the region in the field of socio-economic development cannot be the same in relation to all municipalities. Therefore, the allocation of priorities and directions of spatial development of municipalities, first of all, requires taking into account the economic, geographical and social characteristics of the territory of each municipality [2]. At the same time, the important condition for enhancing spatial integration, production and social junction between municipalities is the development of infrastructure [3], first of all, road transport infrastructure: reconstruction of the Volgograd -Kamensk-Shakhtinskyborder with Ukraine, construction and reconstruction of sections of highway R-22 «Caspian» -Moscow -Tambov -Volgograd -Astrakhan, creation of a container terminal and a logistics center in the river port of Volgograd, reconstruction of the Volga-Don canal waterworks and other projects.…”

Methodological principles of planning reorganization of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny during the development of the Master Plan-2022

“…[8], devoted to the development of large industrial cities and the specifics of socio-economic and territorial development of single-industry towns. The works aimed at studying the transformation of the planning structure of cities [9][10][11], and devoted to the development of the transport and communication framework on the scale of the city and agglomeration [12,13] were considered. A significant number of studies are devoted to urban ecology [14,15], the formation, identification, and strengthening of the «green framework» of industrial cities [16][17][18].…”