Role of cultural landscape in formation of urban identity by example of Ural towns

Abstract

The article discusses the formation of the concept of the identity of the urban landscape in the context of the specifics of the cities of the Ural region. The authors interpret urban identity as a reflective necessity for belonging to a social group. And the urban landscape, which is always in front of his eyes, is an important means of forming identity. The town-plants of the Urals are distinguished by the specific spatial organization (cultural landscape) of the urban core. The article concludes that the cultural landscape created in this way is the constant in time, that provide constant reminder of the town’s history. The article demonstrates the importance of methods of architectural and landscape reconstruction as a tool of building urban identity.