Loss of Historical and Cultural Heritage in the Form of Small Towns and Rural Settlements of the Kaluga Region

Building concentrated resettlement community in small towns is mostly used to deal with resettlement construction for rural migrants in economically developed regions in China, which leads to migrants’ living environment changing from rural settlements where production and living are intertwined to an urban community that only supports living functions. However, the urbanized environment is contrary to elderly migrants’ behavior, resulting in contradictions or conflicts between migrants and resettlement communities, reflecting a lack of urbanization synchronization between migrants and resettlement community environments. Further, elderly migrants are also equipped with different degrees and types of urbanization characteristics, thus reflecting different abilities to adapt to the urban community environment. Based on the corresponding relationship between people’s different production and living needs and urbanization, this research starts by investigating the production and living needs of elderly migrants, and further clarifies the environmental adaptability of elderly migrants by sorting the types and characteristics of urbanization of elderly migrants to provide a reference basis for the planning and construction of future resettlement areas. The research uses questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to investigate the population attributes and characteristics of elderly migrants, as well as their different needs for production and living. The research uses hierarchical cluster analysis, the one-way ANOVA test and Chi-square test to constructed a four-quadrant model on human urbanization features: an Urban Group with both living and production urbanized (Group H-H); a Half-urban-half-rural Group with only living needs urbanized (Group H-L); a Half-urban-Half-rural Group with only production needs urbanized (Group L-H); and a Rural group with both living and production needs not urbanized (Group L-L). Finally, based on the results, this research proposed three elderly environment construction orientations of “Promote the Supply Level of Urban Public Services”, “Create a Place That Embodies the Spirit of Immigrants’ Homeland”, and “Moderate Consideration of Agricultural Production Needs” for residential planning.

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Form-Based Regulations to Prevent the Loss of Urbanity of Historic Small Towns: Replicability of the Monte Carasso Case

Land ◽

10.3390/land10111235 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 1235

Author(s):

Paweł Pedrycz

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Regulatory Mechanism ◽

Small Towns ◽

Spatial Transformation ◽

Significant Component ◽

Spatial Policy ◽

Original Case ◽

Design Intervention

Small towns are a significant component of the landscape in Europe and a key element of its cultural heritage. Currently, they face socio-economic crisis and spatial disintegration. Against this background, the spatial transformation of the Swiss town of Monte Carasso is of particular interest. It was initiated in the 1970s as a design intervention made by the architect Luigi Snozzi and eventually constituted a local spatial policy with a scope to maintain or even restore town urbanity and identity. This paper describes the case through its decomposition into primal elements such as context, main procedure elements, supplementary action, and obtained results. The results were measured by calculating urban parameters and observations compared with the adjacent town of Sementina, whereby they proved that the policy is effective. In the next step, a synthetic diagram was proposed that describes the interrelation between specific elements of the procedure. It was then modified to serve as a model for other possible contexts. Finally, its main potentials and limitations were described. It was concluded that the construction of the Monte Carasso urban regulatory mechanism has the potential to be replicated elsewhere. However, some of its features need to be rethought—mainly the role of an individual architect, which was highly exposed in the original case.

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Light Design of Small Towns’ Coastal Areas

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2021-036 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 51-54

Author(s):

Oleg G. Maksimov ◽

Olga Yu. Zaripova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Water Storage ◽

Small Towns ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Town Development ◽

Experimental Project ◽

Storage Basin ◽

Effective Use ◽

The Town ◽

Functional Concept

This paper touches upon the problems of development and illumination of small Russian towns located on the banks of rivers and water storage basins (as exemplified by master’s theses). These problems lie on the plane of preservation and effective use of architectural, historical, and cultural heritage of towns, their unusual aura and colour. In the experimental project of town development based on the town of Yurievets situated on the bank of Volga water storage basin, the authors propose an architectural-spatial functional concept of filling up the town territory with the ideas on original colour and light design in the evening and at night.

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INFLUENCE OF IMMOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.3846/13921630.2007.10697122 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 213-224

Author(s):

Indrė Gražulevičiūtė-Vileniškė ◽

Vilma Karvelytė-Balbierienė

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Social Economic ◽

Economic Viability ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Settlement System ◽

Large Cities ◽

The Social

Rural areas cover the largest part of the territory of Lithuania as well as that of the whole Europe. Rural settlements are also the most abundant category in the settlement system of the country. Therefore, their social, economic, and cultural viability- as well as ecologic sustainability playan important role striving towards the goals of sustainable development. During the last years projects promoting various aspects of sustainability are implemented not only in large cities and towns, but also in smaller municipalities, nevertheless many rural settlements still are not influenced by these trends. The tendency of decrease of the population of the country, emigration, migration of young and qualified persons to larger cities and towns, poverty and unemployment cause the threat to the most fragile elements of the rural settlement system, such as steadings, manor residencies and ethnographic village settlements. In order to stop these processes it is necessary to search for means to sustain the social and economic viability of rural settlements. During the last decade significant role of cultural heritage in implementing strategies of sustainable development was universally recognized. It is acknowledged that sustainable preservation, maintenance, and use of cultural heritage, especially immovable, positively influence the social, economic, cultural and even environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Sustainable development opportunities provided by immovable cultural heritage are essential for small rural settlements which are not distinguished by important natural resources or favorable location. In this instance social and cultural viability is as much essential for preservation of immovable cultural heritage of these settlements, as immovable cultural heritage is essential for sustention of their social and economic viability. Nekilnojamojo kultūros paveldo įtaka darniam kaimo gyvenamųjų vietovių vystymuisi Santrauka Didžiąją Lietuvos, kaip ir visos Europos, teritorijos dalį sudaro kaimo vietovės, o didžiąją dalį gyvenamųjų vietovių – kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės, taigi jų socialinis, eko nominis ir kultūrinis gyvybingumas bei eko loginis tvarumas atlieka lemiamą vaidmenį siekiant šalies darnaus vystymosi tikslų. Pastaraisiais metais darnų vystymąsi skatinantys projektai jau įgyvendinami ne tik didžiuosiuose Lietuvos miestuose, bet ir mažesnėse savivaldybėse, tačiau daugelio kaimo gyvenamųjų vietovių šis procesas kol kas nepaliečia. Bendro šalies gyventojų skaičiaus mažėjimo tendencija, emigracija, jaunų ir kvalifikuo tų žmonių migracija į didžiuosius šalies miestus, skurdas ir nedarbo grėsmė kelia sunykimo grėsmę patiems jautriausiems ir kultūriniu požiūriu vertingiausiems šalies kaimo gyvenamųjų vietovių sistemos elementams, tokiems kaip vienkieminės sodybos, buvusių dvarų ir palivarkų sodybos ar etnografinės kaimų gyvenvietės. Siekiant sustabdyti šiuos neigiamus socialinius, eko nominius bei kultūriniu procesus, būtina ieškoti būdų, kaip užtikrinti kaimo gyvenamųjų vietovių socialinį bei eko nominį gyvybingumą. Pastaraisiais metais pasaulyje vis aiškiau suvokiamas kultūros paveldo vaidmuo darnaus vystymosi kontekste. Visuotinai pripažįstama, jog kultūros paveldo, ypač nekilnojamojo, apsauga, priežiūra bei naudojimas turi teigiamos įtakos darniam vystymuisi socialinėje, eko nominėje, kultūrinėje ir kt. dimensijose. Nekilnojamojo kultūros paveldo teikiamos darnaus vystymosi galimybės itin reikšmingos nedidelėms, išskirtinių gamtinių išteklių neturinčioms bei patogia geografine padėtimi nepasižyminčioms kaimo gyvenamosioms vietovėms. Jų socialinis ir eko nominis gyvybingumas kultūros paveldui išsaugoti yra toks pats svarbus, kaip ir kultūros paveldas socialinio ir eko nominio šių gyvenamųjų vietovių gyvybingumo palaikymu.

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Public Space and the Efficiency of the New Residential Zones in Small Slovak Towns and Villages

European Countryside ◽

10.1515/euco-2017-0032 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 541-559

Author(s):

Alžbeta Sopirová ◽

Lucia Štefancová ◽

Silvia Bašová ◽

Karol Görner

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Case Studies ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Small Towns ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Private Interests ◽

New Public ◽

New Development ◽

Eleven Case

Abstract The paper deals with the issue of creation of new public spaces in emerging residential areas in rural settlements and small towns. The developers of the new residential zones currently pursue their private interests and the specific rural structure is complemented by isolated residential complexes without relation to the centre of the settlement and structure of the main public spaces. The hypothesis that the efficient residential structure can be achieved even at a higher percentage of active and vibrant public spaces is verified at eleven case studies in three selected settlements (Bernolákovo, Brezno, Chorvátsky Grob – Čierna Voda). The examined proposals (case studies) showed that despite the wide application of social and recreational public spaces and the large percentage of green area per capita, the site coverage coefficient was comparable and the population density was even higher than the current standards of development. In conclusion, it is possible to say, that the creation of public spaces in a residential zone does not adversely affect the efficiency of the new development. On the contrary, it brings a lot of benefits.

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Get to Know the Gastronomy of Quintana Roo from the Smoke Kitchen Model

10.20944/preprints202105.0448.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luis David Balderas Domínguez ◽

Yolanda Daza Toldán ◽

Laura De Guadalupe Vázquez Paz

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Business Model ◽

Small Towns ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

The State ◽

Quintana Roo ◽

Behavioral Patterns ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

The University

The smoke house works as a tourism model that will directly impact women living across Quintana Roo communities and small towns, with the idea that this project will empower them, and provide them with a more dignified income, with the end goal to reduce the poverty rates in the state Likewise, to introduce an adequate formula of cuisine that promotes the regional gastronomic identity, since this typology of cultural heritage is linked to the experience of enjoying the state's native food. (Carrillo, J. and Vazquez, L., 2018) It should be noted that the main representatives and transmitters of gastronomy are women, usually housewives. Therefore, a methodology based on the qualitative approach was designed, taking as a basis the ethnographic method, which allows understanding the behavioral patterns of a society. In the first instance, a gastronomic laboratory is proposed for the university, which will later be used as a business model within the tourism industry, directed at people who seek to enjoy cultural and ex-periential tourism. And at the same time, it will benefit communities across the state by generating more income for them. In addition, the project of model smoke kitchen is oriented to go in accordance with the 2030 agenda. Which includes 17 objectives and 169 goals; six of those objectives are directly aligned with this project, and the rest can be observed to relate it in a more indirectly manner. In the same way, a summary of the results obtained by the five-year groundwork is presented, as well as the division of the gastronomy in the state according to the characteristics that conform the gastronomic region.

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Application of the algorithm for calculating the boundaries of built-up areas from satellite images to calculating the areas of flooded land and the environmental potential of the territories of settlements

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/2142/1/012007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2142 (1) ◽

pp. 012007

Author(s):

T V Ilyushina ◽

A P Sizov ◽

V V Belenko

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Satellite Images ◽

Small Towns ◽

Intermediate Position ◽

Economic Damage ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Software Product ◽

Relative Decline ◽

Remote Sensing Methods ◽

Quantitative Indicators

Abstract The processes of flooding of the territory of settlements cause significant economic damage to the national economy. Up-to-date space information provides research on flooding over large areas. Analysis of the dynamics of flooding in the Khabarovsk Region for 2016-2019 using remote sensing methods and statistical data analysis showed that the optimal software product for processing multi-time satellite images is the MapInfo Professional GIS application. It is established that the dynamics of the areas of flooded land in settlements has similar trends, significantly differing in quantitative indicators. The most favorable year was 2017, when the least amount of land was affected by flooding. In 2019, the amount of flooded land was the maximum. 2016 and 2018 occupy an intermediate position. The proportion of flooded land was the highest in large and medium-sized cities, the lowest in rural settlements, and the small towns occupied an intermediate position due to the landscape and geographical features of the research objects. The relative decline in the value of the territory environmental potential (EFP) was also the highest in large and medium-sized cities, and the lowest in rural areas. According to the years, the increase in the temporary decline in EFP due to flooding and withdrawal from economic use of land is as follows: 2017-2016-2018-2019, which is due to the dynamics of the hydrological and climatic characteristics of these years.

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Economic and Social Impacts of Promoting Cultural Heritage Protection by the Czech Rural Development Programme 2007–2013

European Countryside ◽

10.1515/euco-2017-0029 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 486-503 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jana Kouřilová ◽

Martin Pělucha

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Social Impacts ◽

The European Union ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Rural Development Programme ◽

Historical Monuments ◽

Programming Period ◽

Economic And Social Impacts

AbstractCultural heritage can play a very important role in local and regional development with economic and social effects. The European Union (EU) outlined a specific measure that is aimed at the protection and development of rural heritage within rural development policy in the programming period of 2007–2013. The main aim of this paper is to assess economic and social impacts of projects supported by EU Rural Policy in the Czech Republic during the period of 2007–2013. The implemented projects were located mainly in peripheral rural areas, both near to borders and in inner peripheries, which means that the measure was geographically well targeted. The results of the measure contribute to the restoration and reconstruction of historical monuments, churches, cemeteries and small sacral monuments which create an environment in rural settlements. This environment is very important for the community life and strengthening local identity. In the field of economic development, the results of this measure demonstrate only limited effects in supported villages.

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Tyumen region cultural framework as an example of a new methodological approach to preservation and use of the region’s cultural heritage.

Heritage and Modern Times ◽

10.52883/2619-0214-2021-4-1-11-28 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 11-28

Author(s):

P. Shulgin

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Cultural Framework ◽

Economic Basis ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Economic Reality ◽

Modern Economic ◽

Methodological Approaches

Cultural heritage is considered a special resource that can play an important role in the economic development of the country and its certain regions. The Russian cultural heritage use is insufficient and inefficient, which demonstrates the need to develop new strategic approaches to realizing this important potential of the country. The concept of forming a cultural framework, that can become the organizational and economic basis for the use of heritage is proposed on the example of the Tyumen region. The framework is being constructed on the interaction of cultural potential of both historical towns and small rural settlements. The article presents regional framework formation principles, framework centers and hubs of various hierarchy structure, and specific proposals on cultural and tourist functions of individual historical settlements and territories. The planned strategy will contribute to the rational use of cultural heritage, the integration of cultural heritage into modern economic reality, the transformation of this resource into a kind of driver of social and economic development of small historical towns and historical rural settlements. Methodological approaches and principles laid down in the strategy of the cultural framework of the Tyumen region can be adopted in other regions of the country.

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Projects on Tyumen region "cultural framework": main results

Heritage and Modern Times ◽

10.52883/2619-0214-2021-4-1-125-141 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 125-141

Author(s):

O. Shtele

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Scientific School ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Structural Element ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Cultural Framework ◽

Urban Settlements ◽

Cultural Heritage Objects

Cultural heritage is an essential component of a socio-economic complex. Cultural heritage topic should be addressed within the context of the development of regional social and economic processes, and be based on principles, that allow integration of all available resources of the territory. This concept, based on the use of cultural heritage as a structural element of a socio-economic complex, was developed on the example of the Tyumen region. It was assumed, that the organizational and economic basis for the use of heritage was a cultural framework, that could form the basis of a new strategic direction for the development of both historical cities and small rural settlements.Within the framework of the project, practical research works were carried out to identify cultural heritage objects in all districts and urban territories of the south of the Tyumen region. About 150 settlements were examined in detail, with the fixation of architectural buildings and structures, that have signs of cultural heritage objects. Design proposals have been developed for the use of existing and newly identified heritage sites, in order to form the cultural and landscape environment of historical settlements, the development of museum, cultural, educational and tourist activities. Proposals have been formulated for the socio-economic development of urban settlements and municipal rural areas, based on the identified potential of cultural heritage. As an example of how the use of cultural heritage and cultural practices can affect the life of a particular historical settlement, design developments for the village of Usalka in the Yarkovsky district are given. This branch work within the Tyumen Industrial University may become the basis for creation of its own scientific school for the preservation and use of cultural heritage objects, for the development of a methodology for integrating heritage into modern economic reality.

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