GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LANDSCAPE OF COASTAL ZONES OF LARGE CITIES OF THE MIDDLE OF VOLGA REGION

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-38
Author(s):  
D. V. LITVINOV
Keyword(s):  
Volga Region ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Functional Development ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Geomorphological Analysis ◽  
Geomorphological Features

In the article geomorphological features of a coastal relief of big cities of the average Volga region (Volgograd are considered; Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Cheboksary) are viewed. The analysis shows influence of a coastal relief on planning and functional development of big cities coastal zones of the average Volga region.

THE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL ZONING OF COASTAL ZONES OF BIG CITIES OF THE VOLGA REGION

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V LITVINOV
Keyword(s):  
Volga Region ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Further Development

In article the analysis of functional zoning of coastal territories of big cities of the Volga region which shows is carried out that at various planning schemes of cities key positions in a lay-out of coastal zones occupy demanded functions (inhabited, recreational, public, industrial), and also ways of their further development are outlined.

scholarly journals Spatial Explicit Assessment of Urban Vitality Using Multi-Source Data: A Case of Shanghai, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenze Yue ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Yong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Urban Core ◽  
Functional Development ◽  
Source Data ◽  
Pudong New Area

Identifying urban vitality in large cities is critical for optimizing the urban fabric. While great attention has been paid to urban vitality in developed countries, related studies have been rarely conducted in developing countries. In this study, we defined urban vitality as the capacity of an urban built environment to boost lively social activities and developed a framework for measuring urban vitality using the dimensions of built environment, human activities, and human–environment interaction. Taking Shanghai, China as a case, we conducted a measurement of urban vitality using multi-source data. The results show that Shanghai follows a monocentric vital pattern within the outer ring road, with urban vitality declining from the central urban core to the city periphery. While the old urban cores tend to show high urban vitality, Pudong New Area is mostly dominated by low vitality. Three clusters with high urban vitality were identified: the old urban area, the Lujiazui CBD, and residential agglomeration areas. We conducted validation of the measuring results using phone usage density. Urban vitality showed a positive correlation with phone usage density, indicating a high accuracy of assessment. We also discovered that European-style block planning, zoning plan, mixed-functional development, urban renewal regulation, and migrant concentration were playing leading role in urban vitality of Shanghai.

scholarly journals Influence of the Environmental Factors on the Coastal Zones Formation in the Siberian Urban Territories

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 04010
Author(s):  
Eugenia Ketova ◽  
Nadezhda Burilo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Green River ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Urban Territories

The coastal zones of Siberian large cities are characterized by high demand at various historical stages. Coastal territories are considered as potential reserves of the urban environment, their functions have great dynamics and high natural potential. The objective of the research is identifying the influence of environmental factors on the zones’ landscape and town planning reorganization in the structure of the Siberian large cities' coastal territories. Research methods are an integrated approach which involves considering the research object as an element of a single town-planning structure, excluding the possibility of making limited and incomplete decisions. The study results are to build a green river facade as proposing solutions to environmental problems of “buffr zones”. Significance of the study is to preserve the environmental balance of the large Siberian Rivers’ territories. This comprehensive approach involves consideration of the research object as an element of a single town-planning structure. First of all it requires the identification of optimal territories for placing point objects in a complex terrain territory and choosing the most cost-effective and efficient reconstruction and revitalization methods, within the development of methods for their application in local conditions.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YAUZA RIVER

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Yulia Kustikova ◽  
Kristina Adyshkina ◽  
Evgeniya Grosheva ◽  
Tatiana Barabanva
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
Natural Components ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Natural Component

In the context of current problems of sustainable development of the modern city, the issues of present and future of coastal areas occupy a key place. In large cities there is a shortage of the natural component of the coastal zone environment, while the priority is given to transport infrastructure, which leads to environmental degradation and deprives the coastal strip recreational use. For many coastal territories the main problems remain: expansion of transport infrastructure; intensive process of urbanization and building up of coastal territories; loss of natural components and landscape identity of coastal strips and water areas. In Moscow, these problems are complemented by the monotony and typical character of the architectural design of coastal areas. Integrated development of the environment of coastal zones can be realized by various methods, created on the principles of a balanced infrastructure. The formation of urban and landscape directions and their relationship.

scholarly journals Geoecological approach to the design of recreational areas in large cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 06012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Matveevskaya ◽  
Victoria Pogodina ◽  
Marina Ermolina
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
The City

Life in big cities exacerbates a person's desire to be more often in the bosom of nature, enjoy the peace and beauty of landscapes. The administration of megacities is concerned about the problems of preserving the natural environment and creating within the city limits a network of recreational areas where recreational activities can be organized. In each region, this type of recreation is organized in accordance with the laws adopted in the state. According to geoecologists, the share of recreational areas should be at least 15% of the total area of the city. So for example the total area of such territories in St. Petersburg is only 6 004.4 hectares (which is 4.17% of the total area of the city). Comparison of the urban map of landscapes and located areas for recreation within the city allows concluding about the unequal representation of each landscape. This should be taken into account when designing new protected areas within the city. In the research, an attempt to generalize the theoretical material in the field of environmental and recreational resource studies is done. Also, a detailed description of recreational opportunities for the rational use of individual components of the city's natural environment is presented. The authors conducted a geoecological analysis of the allocation of recreational areas in large cities. Features of nature that should be taken into account when designing recreational areas in large cities, on an example of St. Petersburg, are noted.

scholarly journals Adaptation to the Uncertainty of the Environment: Resources of Big Cities Residents

2019 ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Alla Mozgovaya ◽  
Elena Shlykova
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Big Cities

The methodological basis of the article lies in the adoption of the position that at the present stage of development of social systems, the uncertainty of social processes loses the quality of emergency and becomes an integral property of everyday life. In this context, studies of the specifics of adaptation of citizens to environmental conditions are of particular relevance. Adaptation is interpreted as the interaction of the individual with the macro-and micro-environment to achieve comfortable well-being, security and stability of external factors as conditions for the implementation of certain personal goals, life strategy in general. The purpose of the analysis undertaken in the article is to identify the type of urban settlements on the basis of the all-Russian monitoring data, the population of which is most vulnerable in situations of social transformations in modern Russia. The analysis is based on the conclusions of previous developments of the authors that one of the most important factors of successful adaptation of the population to social transformations are the resources that are available to different categories of the population. The article reveals the type of urban settlements, the inhabitants of which are characterized by a specific assessment of the quality of the environment and life satisfaction. Residents of cities with a population of 100 thousand to 250 thousand people ("big cities"), unlike other urban settlements, think the microenvironment rather psychologically negative and consider mesic environment – crisis-ridden, with a tendency to increase tension and negative changes and these residents are characterized by a low level of life satisfaction. All this indicates a low level of adaptation of the population of cities of this type to the conditions of uncertainty caused by the crisis. The comparative assessment of material resources of adaptation of the population of these and all other urban settlements showed, first of all, that, that observed in large cities, the average values of indicators of actual material status and its subjective estimates indicate a specific status of material adaptation resources of respondents from this target group, which can be characterized as "once nothing has changed, then it will not change further". Secondly, material adaptation resources are not the key factors determining the lower level of adaptation to the uncertainty of the environment of residents of large cities in comparison with other urban settlements. Apparently, resources of non-material, ideological nature have a more significant differentiating value.

scholarly journals A Review on Coastal Urban Ecology: Research Gaps, Challenges, and Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgia Graells ◽  
Nao Nakamura ◽  
Juan L. Celis-Diez ◽  
Nelson A. Lagos ◽  
Pablo A. Marquet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Coastal Development ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The City

Coastal urban areas have dramatically increased during the last decades, however, coastal research integrating the impacts and challenges facing urban areas is still scarce. To examine research advances and critical gaps, a review of the literature on coastal urban ecology was performed. Articles were selected following a structured decision tree and data were classified into study disciplines, approaches, type of analysis, main research objectives, and Pickett's paradigms in-, of-, and for- the city, among other categories. From a total of 237 publications, results show that most of the research comes from the USA, China, and Australia, and has been carried out mostly in large cities with populations between 1 and 5 million people. Focus has been placed on ecological studies, spatial and quantitative analysis and pollution in coastal urban areas. Most of the studies on urban ecology in coastal zones were developed at nearshore terrestrial environments and only 22.36% included the marine ecosystem. Urban ecological studies in coastal areas have mainly been carried out under the paradigm in the city with a focus on the disciplines of biology and ecology. Results suggest a series of disciplinary, geographical, and approach biases which can present a number of risks. Foremost among these is a lack of knowledge on social dimensions which can impact on sustainability. A key risk relates to the fact that lessons and recommendations of research are mainly from developed countries and large cities which might have different institutional, planning and cultural settings compared to developing and mid-income countries. Scientific research on coastal urban areas needs to diversify toward an ecology of and for the cities, in order to support coastal development in a diversity of countries and settings.

scholarly journals Atlas information system “Big cities of Russia”: features of development and possibilities of application

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Cherkasov
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Settlement System ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Information Platform ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
And Migration

Large cities with a population of 100 thousand or more act as the main nodes of the settlement framework of Russia, accumulating human resources as much as possible. At present, about 52 % of the country’s population is concentrated in such cities, which confirms their high role in the formation of the settlement system in Russia. The formation of a modern network of cities at the present stage is taking place against the background of continuing depopulation processes associated with a protracted demographic crisis, a decrease in the migration growth of the population. Thus, a comprehensive view and understanding of the problems of forming a modern network of cities of this population category, taking into account their geographical position, performing different functions, is extremely relevant. At present, atlas information systems have established themselves as an effective tool for spatial monitoring of various processes and phenomena. The developed atlas information system “Big cities of Russia” is an integrated GIS platform capable of providing multi-scale monitoring of demographic, migration, socio-economic processes in a network of Russian cities with a population of 100 thousand and more. This paper describes the author’s approach to creating an atlas information system capable of systematizing relevant knowledge about modern demographic, migration, and other socio-economic processes occurring in the network of large cities of the country. It is important to note that the organization of the system took place in stages, while the author reveals in detail the idea of creating AIS through the requirements for an information platform, a geodatabase, a cartographic basis, geomodeling and mapping, methods of implementation and its testing. The Atlas Information System “Big Cities of Russia” is primarily aimed at expert analysts in the field of spatial planning, demographic and migration processes.

scholarly journals Impact of lockdown on the training process and ranking in taekwondo itf competitions during a pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4s) ◽  
pp. 90-100
Author(s):  
Silvia Ilieva-Sinigerova
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
The State ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Alternative Analysis ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Emergency Measures

The last year of the global COVID-19 pandemic has provoked unprecedented countermeasures in all sectors of the economy, including individual, group, institutional and industrial. The sports industry suddenly stopped all events. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the introduced emergency measures in Bulgaria on the training process and the performance of taekwondo ITF athletes in the discipline “pattern” of the state online championship in 2020. The study was conducted in the period 27/04-10/05/2020 and involved 79 athletes, profiled as representatives of large cities (Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna) – 27.8% and 72.2% – of small cities. The division was provoked by the various measures that were imposed during the state of emergency. The survey was conducted through an Internet-based questionnaire, which contains 23 items related to the training process during the state of emergency, as well as the ranking of the competitors in the online championship. The analysis made were the following: alternative analysis (to establish the relative shares of different responses in the questionnaires), comparative analysis (U – criteria of Mann Whitney), Varimax factor analysis and Hierarchical cluster analysis (Ward’s method). Statistically significant differences was found in the conducted training for equipment, in which in the big cities 4 – 5 times a week the athletes did not train, while in the small ones – 3.5%. The largest number of trainees conducted 1 – 2 training sessions a week. In the big cities it ranked second 3 times a week, while in the small cities – I have not trained. It was noteworthy that the representatives of the big cities evaluate the sharing of video trainings positively, while in the small cities they were hesitant in their opinion and the competitors indicate different evaluations. The key individual work of the coach with the medalists in both types of settlements stood out. There was a small number of trainings for medalists, which were systematized and focused. In 5th-8th place, a larger number of trainings was established, but the assistance from the coach was missing. There was a lack of motivation in not medalist athletes.

scholarly journals INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF CARS FUNCTIONING FOR FURNITURE DELIVERY ORGANIZATION TO CONSUMERS OF LARGE CITIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Denis E. Stivkin ◽  
◽  
Alexey V. Kulikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Cities ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Used Cars ◽  
Online Stores ◽  
The Cost

Residents of big cities value their time and increasingly use the services of online stores. The purchase of furniture is no exception. The article considers the process of drawing up and processing applications in order to improve the functioning efficiency of vehicles that deliver furniture to the end consumer. The methodology of drawing up optimal routes for the transportation of furniture was developed. The influence of the main technical and operational indicators on the productivity of the used cars was determined. The cost of furniture transportation by these cars was calculated.

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