APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF TERRITORIES WITH A DEVELOPED FORESTRY COMPLEX (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ARKHANGELSK REGION)
The problem of assessing the urban development potential of the territories of the timber industry complex of the Arkhangelsk region, due to the conditions, features and specifics of the location of settlements and industries is considered; suggestions for improving their spatial organization are given. The existing system of placement and the relationship of settlements and industries within the existing territorial borders of the Arkhangelsk region does not meet new facts and data due to the features of the technological process of harvesting, woodworking technologies, reforestation and the sequence of their implementation. To ensure the vital activity of these settlements and industries, it is proposed to consider the territory of the timber industry complex in the form of a system of urban development areas. Their boundaries are determined by the potential of forest plots, which are the raw material base for enterprises; by a system of enterprises for wood harvesting, woodworking and processing of wood; by territories of municipal districts, settlements and the availability of labor resources within these districts, the specifics of functional processes, functions, factors characteristic of the planning of settlements and industries in the Arkhangelsk region being taken into account. The establishment of the boundaries of the urban development area while planning the settlements and industries in the Arkhangelsk region will provide reasonable measures for their territorial and spatial organization and placement in accordance with modern conditions and requirements.