Model of Interaction Between Industrial and Residential Areas in Plant-Towns

Abstract

Industrial settlements that began with plant-towns are currently experiencing an urban development crisis. The essence of their planning structure remains largely unexplored, since plant-towns are predominantly perceived as a historical phenomenon rather than as a special type of urban structure. At the same time, a number of preserved Russian, especially Ural, industrial settlements have special planning organization that requires understanding within the framework of modern urban development theory.
Purpose: The article describes a plant-town as a system based on the interaction between industrial and residential zones. In contrast to the historically oriented understanding, this approach allows understanding the urban development structure of settlements and identifying the spatial development.
Methodology: Historical and genetic analysis, mental experimentation with empirical objects Research findings: The concept of a plant-town is introduced, as well as its antipode concept – an industrial town, a settlement with a peripheral location of production relative to residential areas. A model of interaction between industrial and residential zones in industrial cities is formulated in general terms.
Value: The model demonstrates that the nature of industrial zone development serves as the main factor in transformation of settlements. Research findings can serve as a starting point to reorganize the old plant territories in industrial settlements.