Open AccessCity-planning transformation of the functional and planning structure of districts near a railway station in the largest megalopolises (international experience)
Author(s) -
Elena Akhmedova,
I. V. Kuznetsov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/944/1/012001
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , situated , urban planning , redevelopment , environmental planning , urban structure , compact city , geography , realm , regional science , transport engineering , urban design , civil engineering , engineering , computer science , archaeology , artificial intelligence
The article deals with the peculiarities of functioning, renovation and redevelopment of city districts proximately adjacent to the territories of railway stations and roads. Both decaying, degenerating districts and successfully developing ones are of interest. The functional, compositional and planning principles of these districts’ development with their consecutive inclusion into the full-fledged city life are revealed by analysing foreign and Russian experience. The issue of city districts near a railway station’s transformation becomes actual not only in Russia, but in many cities around the world as well. It is conditional upon the fact that to a greater extent railway infrastructure objects formerly situated outside a city begin to contact closely with the urban area in the process of urban sprawl. It is impossible not to consider their influence on planning, functional as well as architectural and stylistic solution of the infrastructure. The aim of the research is to detect the main compositional, planning and functional peculiarities and principles of the site development situated in city districts near a railway station. The following tasks were to be solved to achieve the abovementioned aim: to distinguish the examples of various countries’ cities, the structure of which includes railway infrastructure objects actively; to study briefly the district history that can influence the further urban development of the site; to analyse the chosen cities’ city-planning situations; to find out the main functions of buildings and housing as well as the urban realm elements present in districts near a railway station; to study the functionality of buildings, constructions and urban spaces that appeared in urban realm in different historic periods; to define planning and functional interconnections between the different elements of city tissue in districts near a railway station.