Browse

The article presents the results of interdisciplinary exploratory research aimed to develop the methodological approach to the typology of contemporary urbanization processes for natural resource regions of Siberia. Youth's perception of urban space safety factors as a specific condition determining the urbanization of territories of the Siberian natural resource regions is taken into account. An example of Krasnoyarsk region is studied. The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Gover...

The aim of this paper is to outline the issue of grasping sustainable development in practice. The institutional system applies this term with pertinent sonority, which entices the general public. Where did the term sustainable development actually come from and what does its application involve with respect to land planning or planning the development of the agglomeration itself, and how can the individual institutions and the public get involved? To answer these questions, one must know the basic principles of s...

Background The publication presents the results of a comparative analysis of the problem of environmental protection as it pertains to residential architecture. The study was performed on a group of users of residential projects in Poland and the Netherlands. The two countries are at a different level in terms of the level of knowledge regarding sustainable development and the design of sustainable residential projects. Poland is not at an equal level to the Netherlands. This is mainly because of ineffective educa...

The aim of this paper is to highlight the most important historical monuments, civil or religious, now present especially in the Romanian towns Constan?a and Mangalia, who originated from the Ancient Greek colonies. Today, both cities host various types of monuments - Royal Palaces, Christian churches, Muslim mosques, Jewish synagogues, the famous Romanian Casino from Constan?a, Greek/Roman/Byzantine remains of walls, roads, buildings, civil and religious ones from late XIX century. Due to lack of the will of the ...

Relevance of this work is caused by an increasing requirement to involve the population in solving problems of sustainable development of municipalities. This paper, based on the results of sociological studies, provides the urban populationВ’s evaluation of environmental situation and also determines its willingness to participate in solving environmental problems. The results show that the urban population is concerned about the ecological situation because of its contact with environmental issues in everyday li...

In societies with permanent settlements i.e. built environment, ideas about time and permanence are deeply present in form of an abstract one-dimensional temporal path in both directions: through the concept of past time and making the world of memories, and also of future time through making the world of aspirations and assumptions. This paper aims to address the question: did the formulation of the concept of time and permanence along with some other concepts set the stage for human cultures to enter into the ar...

This paper deals with the nature of understanding the term green customer in automotive industry. There has been confusion between purported meanings of this term by different groups of people. The green customer shall be defined on the basis of his motivation that ultimately drives his purchasing behaviour. However, this term is often misinterpreted. The definitions of different groups of people are developed in this paper. Logical implications together with empirical validation are applied to test their validity...

As electric vehicles market in Europe grows, the requirements for higher density of charging infrastructure are increasing. The purpose of this study is to present a method how the existing supply of charging service can be measured. This is demonstrated on the current situation in the Czech Republic. The paper follows on the background of previously published studies dealing with charging infrastructure optimization models. Geographical datasets of various types are processed and merged. Crucial factors of the pr...

Commercial suburbanization belongs to one of the most dynamic processes affecting development of cities as well as its population. Nitra, similarly to other cities in Slovakia, has faced remarkable boom of commercial suburbanization in recent years. New retail stores, logistic centres, industrial halls and further tertiary facilities establish their premises on the cityВ’s suburbs. Currently, the process of commercial suburbanization in Nitra has several forms. The aim of this paper is to evaluate forms of commerc...

The paper deals with the policy and support of the creative industry in the Zilina Region. In the Zilina Region, the major part of the creative industry is represented by the advertising industry. The main aim of the paper is to identify the aspects of the support in the advertising industry in the Zilina Region. To achieve the aim of the paper, the primary research consisting of personal, telephone, and e-mail questioning was carried out. The survey was aimed at the advertising agencies operating in the Zilina Re...

Nowadays, automobile traffic reaches such levels, that one of the biggest topics of the bigger and the smaller cities is its optimization. From this problematic arises a question as: how can we streamline traffic in the city? Or with which way can we get the traffic out of the city, to reduce the impact of the transit traffic to the city center. Automobile traffic often achieves critical numbers, which impact is in creation of traffic jams and the city can easily become impassable. The solution could be find in le...

Global cities have already entered the circle of key actors of international politics and world industry. As the focus of global connectivity routes, international trade and soft power has encountered a considerable shift to Asia-Pacific region, the number of global cities in this region has also increased, along with the concentration of industry and the population growth. While the economy of the PeopleВ’s Republic of China remains the fastest growing in the world, more and more Chinese cities reach the level of...

The thesis deals with the assessment of the economic impact of the use of ownership and separate operational models on water cost and water infrastructure impacts on the distribution network in the Czech Republic. For the purpose of the work, publicly accessible data from the Czech Statistical Office, data provided by water network operators, financial statements and closures of public network operators and relevant laws and decrees valid in the Czech Republic are used.The article compares the impacts of the owner...

Sustainable development of a modern city is an extremely urgent task that must be addressed by all city residents in order to ensure the high quality of the urban environment, the high quality of life, the balance of the city and the natural environment. Sustainable development of the city should ensure the creation of a beautiful, healthy, beloved city, ensuring full satisfaction of their needs. An environmentally friendly urban environment that satisfies biological needs has an extremely large impact on resident...

Mobility along with housing and food are mayor household consumption clusters and the main driving forces of environmental impact. The need for transportation and importance of mobility for entrepreneurship and households has risen in the past decades. Even though transportation conveys socioeconomic benefits, it also has significant environmental, social and economic costs. Therefore, there is an exigent need to promote behavior change, and, when it comes to transport, it means, promotion of modal shift, use of e...

In the modern world, cities play an important role. In the case of non-competitiveness of the city, the welfare of the population, the conditions for doing business, reducing employment, etc., deteriorates, so the notion of "city competitiveness" comes close to the notion of "sustainable development". In many cities, spatial development begins to experience an increasing imbalance between the demands of the population and business entities, on the one hand, and the opportunities for meeting them by building new an...

The security of citizens and their property is becoming an increasingly complex process. One of the reasons is the fact that the number of negative influences on security increases. It is necessary to know the current state and development of the security to improve its level in the future. Security is generally affected by crime and but also by other various antisocial activities. These antisocial activities do not have to be classified as criminal offenses but can be classified as offenses. The paper highlights ...

Human Development Index is a composite statistic currently viewed as an indicator of “quality of life”. The rankings of the world’s countries were assessed by the authors to determine the level of compliance with Human Development Index. The results of the comparative analysis defining the potential opportunities for building “smart cities” are presented below. The top 14 countries, ranked by Gross Domestic Product, were assessed over such categories as: education, Information and Communication technology...

The article continues the series of publications on cognitive urbanism - a newly applied field of research and design in the built environment studies. The MACRO-level of the Built Environment incorporates such models as the "enclave", "region (area)" and "district" that are different in pedestrian proximity, circulation and identification of place. The local centers in residential areas should be programmed and located in the context of these cognitive models. The roles and importance of local centers have been s...

Development of cities provides a challenge for city transport, resulting in an increased need for fast and environment-friendly option of travel. The parking problem is a trivial, but complex problem. It lies in the domain of many scientific disciplines, including architects - who create local spatial development plans. The aim of the paper is to define the current status of public cubature car parks in Polish cities and presenting experiences of selected cities of Western Europe - as examples which will be follow...

At present, in the energy sector, the development and introduction of clean, safe, affordable energy-efficient technologies requires significant efforts and long time even for small scale projects. Sustainable and efficient use of energy requires increasing the share of renewable energy sources, use of clean generation technologies. Most countries face the following energy problems: the use of environmentally harmful energy sources that pollute the atmosphere, periodic interruptions in the electricity supply, heat...

The mood for the imagination and inventiveness in Brazil recreates every moment many other "Brazils" that retake and reinvent traditions, weaving an amalgamated diversity with a false idea of festivity and affection among transitions, courage and hope that often suggests a prosaic grace and spontaneity. This "brazilianness" that apparently renews and enriches our material culture is highlighted here under a focus on curious objects made of recontextualized materials in the main urban centers as a result of a cruel...

The most common system in Russia is placing unsorted waste at landfills. The existing system poses a significant threat to the environment and does not ensure that waste is included in the turnover as recyclable materials. The present work deals with various options for sustainable waste management in the Russian cities. We calculated the volume of solid municipal waste (SMW) generation from the housing stock on the basis of the approved norms for their accumulation and and studied the real amount of waste in the ...

The problem of estimating the price of residential real estate is considered. For its solution it is proposed to use hedonic house price models such as local spatial models: geographically weighted regression and kriging. They attempt to explain variation in house prices using property structural and location characteristics. To improve the quality of construction of a variogram model, it is proposed to use robust methods. Methods are compared based on real data on the house prices in the city of Novosibirsk. The ...

The International Exhibition is often identified with a chance for development for the applicant's city areas. Nevertheless, as the experiences of the host cities show, the sustainable use of change potential is extremely difficult. Therefore, already in the creation process of the exhibition theme, it is important for the exhibition to become an element influencing the evolution of the area and not the final stage of its development. The choice of revitalisation as the theme of the International Exhibition EXPO 2...

This paper presents the issue of adaptation of the existing railway facilities to the new needs and their potential and significance for the local communities in small towns. Presented examples of adaptation indicate the possible functional solutions and methods of investment implementation. The examples of modernization and adaptation carried out include station buildings in rural areas and small towns. Based on these examples, an attempt was made to create a model way of program planning and functional layout as...

This paper focuses on the spatial distribution of social and business activities using geoinformation technologies. Previously, only a spatial population density was studied in this way. It was shown that the spatial density of the population exponentially falls from the city center to its outskirts. This law was called Clarke's law. To study spatial magnitudes we used a freely distributed GIS – QGIS project. The data from the open geoinformation project OpenStreetMaps was used as a source of data on the locatio...

The article overviews cases of modern history of budget sector reforming, stages of restructuring and privatization in social sphere are considered, particularities of each stage are emphasized, prospects and mechanisms of social sphere development in Russia in up-to-date social and economic conditions from the point of strategy of sustainable development of urban environment are considered. Activities of public administration bodies on reforming of social sphere as Russian economics sector has been carried out du...

The Slovak Republic provides the security for an every citizen throughout its territory. At the local level, the community is concerned about creating a safe environment within its territory. One of the ways to create such an environment is to use the services of municipal police. It helps to ensure security and to reduce illegal activities at the local self-government level. Municipal police is a unit responsible for maintaining law and order in the municipalities, environmental protection, and fulfillment of tas...

The aim of the article is to present the contemporary changes in the functional and spatial structure of Krakow. The article discusses transformations going on in several spatially, functionally and dimensionally varied fragments of the city which have become attractive locations for new development projects in recent years. Realising these areasВ’ growth potential derived from their local conditions has changed their character and relations with the surrounding structure. The new varied forms of development in th...

To develop the northern and arctic territories, highly skilled workers are needed. But the problem is that if the quality of life and work does not meet their expectations, they will not be equal in other regions, this can be an important condition for obtaining and consolidating the results of research and development of the Arctic areas and on the ecology of the northern region. It is necessary to create or transform settlements that should be maximally adapted to a particular territory, should not violate the b...

At present, the management of wastewater in the cities of Russian Federation has many problems. In this paper, we have analyzed the water supply and wastewater treatment systems in one of the cities of the Russian Federation (Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region). It was found that wastewater treatment facilities are obsolete. There is a significant excess of actual wastewater volume over the capacity of existing urban treatment facilities, low cleaning effect, open discharges of untreated domestic and industrial wastewat...

The topicality of the subject matter is conditioned by the modern tendencies towards globalization and the active development of the new information technologies that exert considerable influence on the development of modern towns and the decrease in the significance of the national economy. The article presents the analysis of the work of foreign authors which emphasize the leading and even dominant role of towns and urban creativeness in the life of humankind. The role of the extension and development of the cre...

Under the circumstances of restructuring and modernizing public finances in Romania, which is subordinated to the requirements of market economy development, the Court of Accounts functions as a financial control institution, independent of the legislative and executive powers.It is the institution empowered to check, in the last resort and in the most demanding manner, the management accounts drawn up in the execution of the state year budget, either to give discharge or to attract the legal responsibility of tho...

The paper presents the analysis of resolving the problem of parking in Wroclaw according to P&R rules. The analysis uses software tools made based on evaluation model of P&R facilities location. The model was built on the basis of urban expert knowledge transformed into fuzzy inference algorithm. Fuzzy inference is commonly used in computer science as a decision-making tool of artificial intelligence. The proposed model of evaluation of the location of P&R objects in the first stage of the work was subjected to a ...

At the end of XX - beginning of XXI century in the conditions of AzerbaijanВ’s transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented one the chaotic development of residential areas in Baku has intensified due to the insufficient control in urban planning. It was accompanied by destruction of numerous architectural monuments, increase in building density, a severe reduction of public spaces and green zones. To prevent these negative trends in urban development of Baku the State program "The new principles of urba...

The fight against poverty and social exclusion to a large degree refers to housing exclusion connecting with the lack of access to decent and affordable rental housing for vulnerable or low-income households. Last transformations of housing systems in many countries have lead a further increase in social polarization and segregation. Hence, the importance of social housing for social cohesion has been acknowledged in key international and European laws and policy statements. The paper presents the role of municipa...

In the climate change context, the efficient usage of natural resources has become a global objective key. The study addresses to the providing utilities for fresh water supply issue, and to the electricity supply of the communities, and isolated buildings, avoiding the risk of the natural resource depletion. In the absence of the possibility of connecting to the distribution networks (DN) of the national energy system (NES), renewable energy sources represent the solution to the energy problem of these types of c...

Currently, unemployment and its consequences may be deemed to be in focus of the government’s social policy aimed at elimination of possible risks for both individuals and the society. This paper deals with an analysis of development of the unemployment rate and its selected characteristics in Slovakia during the years 2011 - 2015 while focusing on identification of relations between the education level and age of economically active population on one hand and the education level and age of the unemployed on the...

Any urbanized territory is a multicomponent system. The current tendency of management and planning of urbanized territories is aimed at finding a solution for a multidimensional multicriteria problem with a complex system of constraints and, sometimes, not deterministic (the existence of a multivariate choice of path and various kinds of risks). As any economic task, the urbanized territory can be considered as a place of various interestsВ’ conflict: - various levels of power, from the federal level to the local...