scholarly journals MODERN APPROACHES TO DETERMINING THE CYCLICALITY OF URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (167) ◽  
pp. 2-7
Author(s):  
N. Denysenko
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
City Development ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
City Life ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
Urban Economic Development ◽  
The City

The cyclic nature of development is intrinsic to socio-economic systems. Despite the fact that none of the economic cycles is identical to another one, they all have the same stages. The city is a complex multifunctional system. The economy of the city can be viewed as a set of entities belonging to different areas and activities remaining in different stages of the life cycle. The life cycle of the city is a succession of stages of emergence, growth, maturity, and decline. This continuity is the result of the cyclic development of a territory’s functional specialization. The duration and depth of the fluctuations at each stage of the cycle are determined by the influence of external and internal factors as well as the effectiveness of urban management. Therefore, the cyclic development for different territories can have its own specific trajectory. If the urban economy is flexible and adapts quickly to changes in the external and internal environment, the trajectory will be characterized by intermittent cycles. The more pronounced the change of the city development stages is, the more efforts should be made by the city managers in order to diversify the city’s functional structure and create alternative areas of labor application. The paper summarizes the concept of the ‘life cycle of the city’. It also considers the features of each stage of the city life cycle. The studies of the life cycle carried out by leading scientists and practitioners are analyzed. The methodology of assessing the stages of the life cycle and the prospects of urban development is proposed and justified. In the course of the research, the developments of domestic and foreign scientists were systematized and the limit values of indicators-identifiers of the stage of the territory life cycle were offered. Determining the stage of the city life cycle is an important tool assessing the prospects for the development of the urban territory and helping to make effective management decisions and prioritize strategic programs. The methodology of determining the stage of the economic cycle involves identifying points of growth that contribute to the transition from a state of depression or crisis to the phase of development (revitalization). This involves the search for objectively existing or potentially possible factors, prerequisites, resources that will provide an impetus to the advance of the urban economy. Such points of growth can be found in the city-forming sphere (new technologies at enterprises, new competitive types of products), resource factors (natural resources, transport infrastructure, medical, tourist, and other factors), scientific, educational, cultural, and other areas.

scholarly journals Influence of Technology on Socio-spatial City Development

Prostor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1 (61)) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Vujadinović ◽  
Svetlana K. Perović
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
City Development ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

This paper is studying influence of new technologies on city development with accent on socio-spatial dimension. The primary goal of the paper is to point out the reflections of earlier ideas in the context of modern technological processes in cities. All social, technical and technological components of a community, and finally civilization, are reflected within space of the city. Although having remained the greatest consumer of many material goods, city has also become a ‘’producer’’ of many technical-technological and spiritual values of civilization. Taking into account acceleration of phenomena in the world of technology and technology featuring modernity, it reasonably brings a question on realistic chance for prediction of their further course and related social changes that are about to cause it. In many scenarios of urban future, one can sense the idea of a city as a result of high technological achievements of civilization. Special attention is paid on informational city which, connecting a lot of people into systems of interactive information technology change the way of their mutual communication, as well as their social life and culture of behaviour. Measure of organization and function of city is set by telecommunication technologies, information, and computers. If city is a ‘’print of a society in space’’, then a contemporary moment refers to ‘’digitalization’’ of human beings, digitalization of their interactions, new aesthetics, value and other criteria. The tendency of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of new technologies on 21st century cities interpreted primarily through the prism of certain theoretical and experimental ideas and concepts of the 20th century.

A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE CITY LIFE CYCLE IDEA

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 431-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
City Life ◽  
The City

The Application of Ecological Energy-Saving Technologies in Urban Planning-Taking Gongqing DigiEcoCity as an Example

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 448-452
Author(s):  
Xiao Qiong Li ◽  
Hai Tao Bai ◽  
Chun Yuan Tao ◽  
Ying Xiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
City Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Planning And Construction ◽  
The City

DigiEcoCity is a model for an ideal city combining the principles of the sustainable development, the new technologies which are brought by the digital revolution and the urban functions which are necessary for providing good lives. It is the main trend for the application of the energy-saving technology and the direction for city development in the future. This paper describes the application of energy-saving techniques in traffic planning, water supply and sewage system planning, as well as landscape planning and construction in Gongqing DigiEcoCity. The application of energy-saving technologies in urban planning and construction is actively explored in Gongqing city so as to make the city become a good example of DigiEcoCity.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Development of the Transport System of Saint Petersburg

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
System Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
New Period ◽  
Transport Complex ◽  
The City ◽  
Original Edition

St. Petersburg is the fourth most populous city in Europe (after Moscow, Greater London and Greater Paris). Hundreds of thousands of people move daily within the urban agglomeration. Under these conditions, the effective functioning of the urban economy is impossible without a modern transport system capable of providing a solution to current and future problems of the urban economy. The work aims to analyse the effectiveness of the development of the transport system of St. Petersburg. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the main provisions of the most critical regulatory legal acts regulating the city's transport system's development, identify their advantages and disadvantages, and determine how effectively the activities outlined in them are being implemented in dynamics. The author's analysis of the two editions of the St. Petersburg transport system development program (the original edition of 2014 and the current edition of 2020) revealed negative trends, consisting of the deviation of the program indicators' actual value their planned values. Based on the results of the study, the author draws the following conclusions: when implementing the program for the development of the transport system of St. Petersburg, general principles of strategic management are not used, particularly, the effectiveness of program measures is not analysed, the reasons and factors that led to the deviation of planned indicators from the actual ones are not extended for a new period without any assessment of the results achieved; indicators of the transport system development program are constantly being adjusted downward; There is no unified management system for the development of transport infrastructure in the city, the program activities themselves are distributed among separate committees of the city administration, which harms the results of socio-economic development of the transport complex.

The Ancient Middle East

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Ortloff
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Maximum Flow ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
City Development ◽  
City Life ◽  
City Water ◽  
Piping Networks ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

The origins of Nabataean Petra began c. 300 BCE from nomadic settlement origins and extended to later Roman administration of the city at 106 CE with final Byzantine occupation (Basile 2000) to the 7th century CE. Trade networks that extended throughout much of the ancient orient and Mediterranean world intersected at Petra and brought not only strategic and economic prominence but also the impetus to develop water resources to sustain increasing population and city elaboration demands. City development was influenced by architectural, cultural, and technological borrowings from Seleucid, Syro-Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and Far Eastern civilizations. The city water distribution system utilized many hydraulic technologies derived from these contacts that together with original technical innovations helped to maintain a high living standard throughout the centuries. Analysis of Nabataean piping networks indicates that design criteria were employed that promoted stable flows within piping, employed sequential particle settling basins to purify potable water supplies, promoted open-channel flow within piping at critical (maximum) flow rates that avoided leakage associated with pressurized systems, and matched spring supply rates to the maximum carrying capacity of pipelines. This demonstration of engineering capability indicated a high degree of skill in solving complex hydraulics problems to ensure a stable water supply and is a key reason behind the many centuries of flourishing city life. Because of Petra’s location between Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian territories, many exterior influences dominated the Nabataean cultural landscape over time. The sacred spring created by Moses, as described in Exodus accounts, has been equated with the Ain Mousa spring outside of Petra although controversy exists as to its location (and historical accuracy) with contending Sinai sites. Biblical and Koranic references to areas around Petra relate to the use of water channels and springs by the inhabitants to maintain agriculture and settlements; Assyrian texts ascribed to the Sargonic era (715 BCE) mention tent cities in this area. The earliest proto-Nabataean period (6th century BCE) is derived from Edomite agriculturalists assimilating with nomadic tribal groups familiar with caravan-based trade activities. Although the origins of the Nabataeans remain controversial (Gleuck 1959, 1965; Taylor 2001; Guzzo and Schneider 2002), their final consolidation in areas around Petra in the early 3rd century BCE is evident from the archaeological record.

scholarly journals DIRECTIONS FOR ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE CITY DEVELOPMENT (ON THE EXAMPLE OF CHERNIHIV)

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Y. Holub
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
City Development ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The City

The article reveals the main features of the development of the urban environment. The structure of the urban economy, the environmental aspects of the development of modern cities are considered. The economic progress of any city is closely related to the territory in which it is located. Prioritization of use by individual territories depends on changes in the socio-economic sphere. The main factors of transformational changes in the urban economy are highlighted, among them – the development of human society, which stimulates the emergence of new industries and technologies, the gradual loss of the cities industrial function due to the increasing influence of the services sector, concentration in the cities large numbers of the population, which causes the renovation of the infrastructure, development of service, cultural and entertainment facilities, the environmental degradation, which encourages cities to refuse dirty production and road transport. The ecological state of Chernihiv and the dynamics of its changes are characterized. Chernihiv belongs to the type of cities with relatively high level of industrial development. Industrial complex of the city, having significant share in the real sector of economy of the city, considerably influences the level and quality of life of city inhabitants. Industrial enterprises of the city went through a deep economic crisis, and beginning since 2002, stood on the way of post-crisis development, that means stabilization and rebirth of production. One of the peculiarities of industrial infrastructure of the city is that most of industrial facilities are located outside residential areas of the city. Analyzed the results of a survey among residents of the city on the idea of sustainable (balanced) development. According to the data, the population is characterized by insufficient information about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The results of a sociological study record the trend of the gradual spread of eco-regulatory practices among the population. First of all, it concerns energy conservation, cycling and rational use of natural resources.

Urban Farming in Sustainable City Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-64
Author(s):  
Magdalena Grochulska-Salak
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
City Development ◽  
Spatial Systems ◽  
Urban Farm ◽  
Environmental Balance ◽  
The City ◽  
Farm Buildings

Urban farming is defined as building development for the production of plants for the needs of the local community. The presented issues concern the shaping of urban farms for the preservation of the environmental balance of urban spaces and connections concerning the coexistence of architecture and greenery in the city. This chapter indicates the possibility of shaping synergistic spatial systems by integrating urban space and buildings with an innovative production function—a municipal farm—that complements the functional structure of the city in connection with the shaping of public spaces and the greenery system. The pro-environmental architecture connected with technologies enabling the production of plants in buildings enables the integration of urban space, complementing the functional and spatial structure of the city. The implementation of new technologies enables the production of plants in hydroponic and aeroponic farm buildings. The urban farm is an element in planning the city's sustainable development.

Coordination And Management Of Large-Scale Urban Projects Of Dispersed Construction In Moscow

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-13
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Urban Development Policy ◽  
The City

Sustainable development of large cities and megacities is ensured due to coordinated implementation of program activities in priority sectors of the urban economy. The traditional driver of Moscow’s development and the link for such sectors of the economy is the construction complex, which together with the complex of urban economy, carrying out the improvement of the entire city infrastructure, forms a new urban environment and a modern space for life. The implementation of such a multi-component goal has predetermined a new urban development policy of the city, including the complex of works on construction, reconstruction and renovation of capital objects and territories with supporting engineering, social and transport infrastructure, comprehensive improvement of urban spaces, as well as a number of measures for capital repairs of buildings and structures. The article discusses the methodical approaches and the main results of research dedicated to the urban development of the capital.

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF A PROMISING TERRITORIAL CITY DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
S.V. EREMIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
System Development ◽  
Rational Solution ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
City Development ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The City

The paper considers the issues of planning the development of transport infrastructure in the context of the prospective territorial development of the city. Integrated transport planning in-volves taking into account many aspects in the process of developing transport system development plans. The aim of the work is to develop a scientific approach to integrated transport planning in the conditions of prospective territorial development of the city. Therefore, the article presents a multi-criteria optimization method based on the method of successive concessions, which allows us to find the most rational solution to the scheme of implementation of transport construction. The results of the study are presented on the example of the transport network of the city of Krasno-yarsk.

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