The Development of a Comfortable Urban Environment on the Example of Ekaterinburg City

Abstract

The creating of comfortable, safe living environment is the desire of all citizens and the population of the city. The successful way to create a new image of the cities (territories with huge potential) is to use a systematic approach. A comfortable urban environment will allow citizens to spend more time in the street, recharging with positive and wonderful mood. To get effective interactions, it would be good to concentrate the efforts of the city administration, expert communities, local activists and active citizens together to solve urban problems. Public spaces are one of the directions to develop a comfortable city environment. With them it will be possible to reprogram and integrate the historical solutions into the modern ones. The old place will get a new life. In this way small changes will lead to a tremendous transformation. To identify areas that require improvement we must do urban environment analysis. As an applied aspect, the rationale for the improvement of the Stone Tents park zone in the Ekaterinburg city is given. The experience gained in the project framework can be used to create a comfortable urban environment in other settlements.

On the Necessity and Possibility of Introducing Self-Driving Systems in an Urban Environment

“…In turn, the tram is a type of ground rail public transport, operating mainly on electric traction. This type of public transport has a great potential for improvement not only in terms of convenience and comfort in a comfortable urban environment, but also in terms of automating the travel process [3]. However, the problem is that in most cases, the city budget is not directed to the modernization of electric public transport.…”