Urban Sprawl in Central Asia. Comparing the Development of the Suburbs of Bishkek, Ulaanbaatar, Ulan-Ude

Abstract

In the post-socialist countries of Central Asia processes of urbanization and suburbanization for the last 30 years happened under the influence of new social, demographic and economic factors, not typical for well-studied countries of Europe and North America. The problems of spatial development of suburbs existing in this region have not been studied enough. The main goal of the article is analysis and comparison of modern problems in spatial development of suburban areas of agglomerations in Central Asia.