Section

Environmental Safety Construction and Town Economy

Title

MOSCOW AS AN URBAN GEOSYSTEM: A STUDY OF THE COMFORT AND SAFETY OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Сontributors

B.        I. Kochurov, D. of Geog. Sc., Leading Researcher at the Institute of Geography RAS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

I.         V. Ivashkina, Cand. of Geog. Sc., Head of Sector at the Genplan Institute of Moscow, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

Yu. A. Khaziakhmetova, Cand. of Geog. Sc., Researcher at the Institute of Geography RAS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The paper deals with the main issues of the large city development as a complex urban system. The main directions of the metropolis researching for the safety and comfort for inhabitants are discussed on the example of Moscow. The possibilities of geoecology, urboecodiagnostics and the landscape and environ¬mental approaches in urban planning are considered. The authors believe that the introduction of creative themes in the formation of sustainable development of the city is one of the important issues in the work¬ing out of environmental and urban policy for the long term period. Today Moscow is striving to become a safe, comfortable and liveable city.

Keywords

megapolis, safety, comfort, urboecodiagnostics, geoecology, urban planning, creative urban landscape.

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