LIMITING FACTORS OF THE EXTENSIVE GROWTH OF MOSCOW AND ITS SATELLITE TOWNS
Abstract
Recent changes in planning configuration of the Moscow oblast towns relating to the transformation of their territorial development are discussed. The changes were measured using the technique of geometrical pattern measurement developed by W. Bunge. A typology of the trends of changes in the town planning patterns is suggested for the first belt of the Moscow agglomeration. Three types of changes are identified, i.e. simplification, stagnation and sophistication of town configuration. Each of them is characteristic of the towns of the inner suburban zone of the Moscow oblast with the active housing construction. If compared with the distance from the Moscow city the following conclusions are possible: the inner belt is generally characterized by dynamic changes of the territorial structure while the towns of the middle belt (20–50 km from the Moscow ring road) undergo either sophistication or stagnation processes. Unlike the Moscow city with its distinct boundaries supported by the status of a separate territorial entity of the Russian Federation the satellite towns of the Moscow oblast are much more subjected to the changes of their configuration. The factors limiting the extensive growth of residential areas within the inner suburbs of the capital are identified.
About the Authors
V. L. Baburin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Head of the Department, Professor, D.Sc. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
K. G. Tsaplina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Post-Graduate Student; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
Russian Federation
Post-Graduate Student; Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
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Baburin V.L., Tsaplina K.G. LIMITING FACTORS OF THE EXTENSIVE GROWTH OF MOSCOW AND ITS SATELLITE TOWNS. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2015;(6):76-84. (In Russ.)
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