An important indicator of life quality, the urban environment, largely determines the comfort of life for the population and business. The state of post-socialist European cities testifies to the problems of the urban environment which have economic and social nature. The authors identify two groups of factors that determine urban environment quality and analyze advantages and disadvantages inherent in various methods of assessing it. The object of the analysis was a group of large Russian cities -regional capitals with the population from 250 thousand to 1 million people (except cities with extreme climate). Various indicators of the urban environment quality (2018-2019) and a number of indicators of socio-economic development (2013)(2014)(2015) 2018) were taken into account. The research is aimed at identifying the relationship between the parameters of socio-economic development of the city and the region with the urban environment quality. The dependence between the urban environment quality and the level of the city budget income per capita has been determined, which allowed us to divide the analyzed cities into groups. Based on the results of our study, the recommendations have been formulated to address current urban issues and improve the living standards of citizens. The authors propose to use in post-socialist European countries an integrated urban quality assessment methodology that includes both objective methods based on statistical data and subjective methods derived from expert evaluations and population surveys and involving citizens in the urban debate.
The article deals with the problem of the improvement of public spaces in large cities on the example of Kursk. The author suggests using the existing infrastructure of the city to create a comfortable environment and increase its recreational opportunities for local residents and tourists. The study is aimed at creating a system of comfortable public spaces using the ecological, historical and cultural resources of the city, where the parks and squares of Kursk play a key role. The practical use of this concept contributes to the improvement of the city’s image and the development of a comfortable urban environment.
Greened public spaces which include urban parks transform under the influence of the growing needs of the population in qualitative, imbued with meaning, places with various functions. The new understanding of the parks, which are created on unsuitable for construction territories, wasteland and former industrial use areas, is becoming topical for modern European cuties. The trends in world park construction are considered in the article, innovative parks with an unconventional interpretation of natural materials and new filling of park areas are analyzed. The main problems of development of the urban Russian parks, among which the author emphasizes the standard approach to environment formation, lack of usability and functionality, low technical level of arrangement, lack of emotional component in composition, are explored based on comparative analysis of park spaces. Along with disadvantages, there are advantages of Russian parks: availability and opportunity of arranging city events, outdoor recreation in the city. The principles and features of ecological parks, which gain popularity in foreign and native urban planning practice, are explored. A concept of ecological park, maximally preserving natural landscape, using unpretentious plants and modern technologies of recourse consumption, is uncovered. It is proved that designing and building of the ecological park is optimal for natural systems in the city. The analysis of the state of public green spaces of the city of Kursk is presented; the ways of solving the problem of improving comfort of the urban environment are planned; the necessity to include the riverside areas into the list of improvement zones of the Municipal Program "Building a Comfortable Urban Environment" for 2018-2022 is justified.
One of the ways to improve the environmental situation in various regions of the world has become the improvement of technologies for protection against hazardous pollution in soil, atmosphere, groundwater. The article is devoted to the analysis of the conceptual proposal within the framework of participation in the competition “Students reinventing cities. The promising methods of elimination and localization of environmental pollution using geochemical barriers are outlined. Examples of natural and artificial geochemical barriers are considered. Attention is drawn to the possibility of using anti-filtration screens as artificial barriers in areas with passive technogenic impact. The potential of using artificial barriers for the safe cultivation of plant crops at the former Payatas controlled waste disposal facility in Quezon City, Philippines is being identified. The importance of creating green spaces in the territory with limited opportunities for economic use is justified.
This article deals with the problem of designing and building all-season ski resorts. Currently, the sport is actively developing and every year more and more people show their interest in alpine skiing sports. As anndependent sport, it was formed in Europe around the middle of the twentieth century, and quickly quickly won many fans around the world. At the moment, the total number of skiers is estimated at 80-100 million people. Amateurs and athletes face the problem of training in the summer, as large ski resorts in our country can work fully only from November to May, when there is enough snow in the mountains. The design of sports complexes for all-season winter sports is currently an urgent problem, acquiring particular importance in connection with the development of alpine skiing. Analysis of such indoor ski resorts as "Sneg.Com", "Ski-Dubai" and "Snow World Lundgraaf" located in Russia and abroad promote the idea of creating an artificial environment where there is no natural area for skiing, which proves the integration of scientific achievements. Until recently, the structure of the ski complexes included only planar structures, such as: well-equipped prepared ski slopes, skating rinks and snowparks with springboard lines. But special installations were invented that were able to create a steady snow cover inside the building, and this led to the emergence of a new volumetric type of sports facilities - indoor ski resorts. An artificial environment with special geometric characteristics is created inside these structures, suitable for creating and maintaining year-round sustainable snow cover, which allows you to engage in winter sports such as skiing, tobogganing, and snowboarding.
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