COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGGLOMERATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF IRKUTSK AND ULAANBAATAR)
V.N. BOGDANOV1, G.B. DUGAROVA1, N.V. EMELYANOVA1, S. ENKH-AMGALAN2
1V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033, Irkutsk, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, 1, Russia
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2Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 15170, Ulanbaatar, Baruun-Selbe St., 16, Mongolia
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Keywords: urbanization, suburbanization, Irkutsk agglomeration, Ulaanbaatar agglomeration, geoinformation mapping
Abstract
A comparative analysis is made of the urban agglomerations that are at different stages of development. The contemporary agglomeration processes occurring in the Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar agglomerations lead to the functional reorganization of space, exacerbation of various social and economic conflicts as well as to changes in the way of life of the population. This study used the comparative-geographical, statistical, geoinformation mapping, spatial analysis and dazymetric investigation techniques. The geoinformation system served as the basis for compiling a series of maps displaying different aspects of the territories under study. It is found that the Irkutsk agglomeration is in the stage of suburbanization, and in the Ulaanbaatar agglomeration there is tak ing place the ongoing process of the core and its surroundings. In analyzing the urbanization processes in Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar, we demonstrate how internal migration can change the eternal pattern of the agglomeration, influence the formation of the natural zone, etc.
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