Open AccessTHE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL CITIES IN WEST SIBERIA (THE NOVOSIBIRSK CASE STUDIES)
Author(s) -
O. A. Lechunova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik tomskogo gosudarstvennogo arhitekturno-stroitelʹnogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2310-0044
pISSN - 1607-1859
DOI - 10.31675/1607-1859-2019-21-5-85-98
Subject(s) - human settlement , geography , position (finance) , regional science , natural (archaeology) , work (physics) , environmental planning , economic geography , economy , archaeology , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , finance , economics
The article discusses the development of small cities in various natural and geographic conditions of West Siberia in the 18–20th centuries The aim of this work is to identify the specific development of the main cities in the Novosibirsk region. The historical and analytical approaches are utilized in this study. The natural conditions and their influence on the territory development and the formation of the economic and geographical position of small towns are considered. Three main groups of cities are identified: 1) the earliest settlements of Kuybyshev, Toguchin, 2) stations of the transport routes Barabinsk, Tatarsk and Karasuk, 3) Berdsk and Iskitim, which rapidly grow, and the development of the production base due to industrial enterprises evacuated during the Great World War II from the European part of the country. On the basis of archival documents, a comprehensive analysis is conducted for city plans of the 20th century and the types of their planning structure.