Localization as a paradigm of urban development

Natalia Iudina,P Akimov,A Tusnin,A Doroshenko,N Vatin

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202126305025

Abstract

Today globalisation appears to evoke a set of problems, including spatial inequality and the necessity arises to elaborate an alternative paradigm. There are already known plenty of location theories, among which industrial regions or clusters appeal to local relations rather than global economic system. Being a perspective model of urban development, it is still hardly embodied in urban planning to solve regional problems efficiently. The article intends to contribute to the theory of clusters and adapt it to socio-economic principles which identify the existence of towns. The case of small towns and settlements illustrates how local potentials can be used for sustainable urban development.

Highlights

Despite the number of strategies aiming territorial cohesion both in Russia and Europe the issue of imbalance in urban development between large cities and small settlement is still relevant
In theoretical terms the issue requires the design of an alternative strategy of gaining territorial cohesion and equality That is to accent the need for a holistic model for sustainable urban development [4, p. 125]
Despite the constant reference to positive agglomeration effects [1, pp. 1,9,25,107], the fact is that the infrastructural density characterizes predominantly small and compact urban formations and define their creative potential [5]

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Introduction

Despite the number of strategies aiming territorial cohesion both in Russia and Europe the issue of imbalance in urban development between large cities and small settlement is still relevant. In theoretical terms the issue requires the design of an alternative strategy of gaining territorial cohesion and equality That is to accent the need for a holistic model for sustainable urban development [4, p. Cluster is such model and the tool for enhancement of small towns economics. The goal of this paper is to define local development as a new way of urban development concentrated on alternative, small urban nodes.

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