Geo-information analysis of zones with special conditions for territory use for sustainable development: a case of Nizhnevartovsk

Abstract

According the Town Planning Code and the Land Code of the Russian Federation, zones with special conditions for territory use must be shown in the documents of territorial planning and town development zoning. This issue is significant due to the absence of information on the boundaries of such zones in the Unified State Register of Real Estate. Currently, the city of Nizhnevartovsk does not have fully delineated the boundaries of zones with special conditions for territory use for the natural objects and the objects of engineering and transport infrastructure. The aim of research was to make a spatial analysis of the zones with special conditions for territory use in Nizhnevartovsk by means of geo-information mapping in order to study the territorial planning and urban development. The spatial analysis by geo-information mapping revealed that the zones with special conditions for territory use in Nizhnevartovsk do not comply with the current regulatory acts in some aspects or remain partially undelineated. For the purposes of the study, the coastal protection zone, the water protection (fish protection) zone, the railway sanitary protection zone and the aerodrome environs inside the boundary of the city of Nizhnevartovsk were identified. The result of the study was the cartographic materials showing the spatial analysis of zones with special conditions for territory use in the city of Nizhnevartovsk. The widths of the sanitary protection zones around industrial facilities were established taking into account the sanitary classification, the calculated air pollution and the levels of physical impacts.