City Of Volgograd Research Articles

Assessment of Recreational Potential Dendrological Collections of the Federal Scientific Centre of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Background: Dendrological collections and arboretums, being an integral part of the urban landscape, significant elements of its natural and ecological framework, as a rule, also perform recreational functions. The purpose of the study was to assess the recreational potential of dendrological collections and forest plantations of the Federal Scientific Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the formation of a program for the renovation of objects as significant elements of the natural-ecological framework of urbanized territories. Methods: The objects of the study are the dendrological collections of the Federal Scientific Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which are located in the cities of Volgograd and Kamyshin, Volgograd region. A comprehensive assessment of objects was carried out according to a system of indicators that determine the qualitative characteristics of recreational potential, for each of which coefficients were calculated: CA- Attractiveness coefficient, CC- Comfort coefficient, CR- Resistance to recreational loads coefficient. Result: Analysis of the spatial distribution of assessment results makes it possible to use research materials to develop a targeted program of measures to increase the sustainability of ecosystems.

Recreational potential of forest park territories of the city of Volgograd

The issue of landscaping is especially relevant in regions with a hot, arid climate, such as the Volgograd region. In Volgograd, green spaces do not fulfil their functions sufficiently. Improving the landscape, increasing the diversity of the range of trees and shrubs, as well as the types of landscaping plantings and the combination of various forms in them, the solution of these issues is an essential task in the development of landscape gardening in sparse forested regions. The woody vegetation of the city is in a weakened state due to the age of the plants and the climatic and environmental conditions of Volgograd. The use of green spaces in recreational areas should meet the needs of citizens and exclude their damage. To preserve and further develop recreational areas and forest plantations in urban areas, assessing the recreational potential of green spaces in the study area is necessary. An improved methodology for evaluating the recreational potential is used for the assessment. The research objects are the recreational areas of Volgograd: Komsomolsky Garden, the Square of Valor and Glory, and the Arboretum of the Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The total recreational territory in the City of Volgograd is 31%. According to the recreational assessment, the Komsomolsky Garden and the Square of Valor and Glory belong to the first class of the landscape. According to the assessment of the recreational potential of plantings, the Komsomolsky Garden and the Square of Valor and Glory also belong to the first class of recreational value. The greenhouse of the Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences belongs to the third class, according to the recreational assessment, of the landscape and to the second class of the recreational potential of plantings.

СПЕЦИФИКА ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННО-ПЛАНИРОВОЧНОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ МНОГОУРОВНЕВЫХ ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫХ ПРОСТРАНСТВ В СТРУКТУРЕ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ГОРОДА

The article examines the prerequisites for the multi-level public spaces’ emergence, the main features of their inclusion in the city planning structure; urban planning, spatial planning, social, economic and landscape-ecological factors contribut-ing to the emergence and development of multi-level public spaces in the modern ur-ban environment have been identified. Taking into account an analysis of global design experience, a typology of these urban areas is given on the assumption of the functional content, composition and relationship of their structural elements and features of placement relative to the earth surface; spaces in the structure of large transport hubs, multi-level spaces accompanying public buildings and complexes, multi-level parks, multi-level transport and pedestrian areas are identified as the studied types. Based on the analysis of the multi-level public spaces’ organization, the characteristic features of their successful functioning have been identified: accessibility, optimal filling of space as a node of social activity concentration, differentiation of use types by level and nature of activity, ensuring urban planning flexibility and continuity, green technologies’ use. Project proposals for the multi-level public space formation for Volgograd city condi-tions were considered on projects for the Station Square reconstruction, providing for the functional zoning improvement, transport and pedestrian traffic and the use of landscape design.

Pharmacoeconomic analysis of costs for radiopaque agents and a method to minimize them

The aim of the work is to minimize the costs of a multidisciplinary hospital in the city of Volgograd for radiopaque substances.
 Materials and research methods: In the first part, the costs of the hospital for the purchase of x-ray contrast medications were studied and the average cost of direct costs for radiopaque agents for one coronary angiography procedure was determined. In the second part, a comparative analysis of the cost of radiopaque agents presented on the Russian market was carried out on the basis of the State Register of Selling Prices.
 Results of the study and their discussion: A retrospective analysis of 147 case histories of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention showed that the average volume of radiopaque drug during coronary angiography was (126.19 36.35) ml. In 66 (44.9 %) patients, more than 100 ml was used per procedure. For one coronary angiography procedure, on average (126 ml of contrast), 1927.8 rubles were spent for a radiopaque preparation. Among the radiopaque drugs recommended for coronary angiography, according to the state register of maximum ex-works prices, Iohexol preparations 350 mg/ml of Russian production had the lowest cost.
 Conclusions: Procurement of domestic preparations Iohexol 350 mg/ml, 100 ml bottles will reduce the cost of percutaneous coronary intervention.

Инфраструктурный потенциал туристских дестинаций Волгоградской области

The purpose of this article is to assess the infrastructural potential of tourist destinations, i.e., localized types of tourism, in the Volgograd region. In general terms, the infrastructural potential of tourist destinations is understood as a set of conditions for the transfer and accommodation of tourists. The methodological basis is an integrated approach to the concept of “infrastructural potential,” comparative geographic analysis, geoinformational modeling, and cartographic modeling. The integrated character of the paper is manifested in the identification of components of infrastructure potential, such as territorial factors, the potential of the population, the provision of collective accommodation facilities, and the state of transport infrastructure, the analysis of which is based on official statistics for the period 2002–2022. The territorial units for studying the infrastructure potential are the administrative districts of the Volgograd region; thus, comparative and geographical principles are used. To identify the spatial features of the development of tourism infrastructure using geographic information systems, the cartograms were constructed and analyzed, which illustrate the location of tourist and recreational enterprises and the tourist and recreational attractiveness of administrative districts of the region. The methods and statistical data used made it possible to reveal the uneven development of the tourist infrastructure. The districts of the Volgograd region were ranked according to the degree of tourist attractiveness: low one had 20 districts, medium one had 12 districts, high one had 1 district (Sredneakhtubinsky), and the city of Volgograd had the highest attractiveness. In spatial terms, the main axis of the development of tourist infrastructure was identified, including 7 administrative districts located along the right bank of the Volga and confined to the Volga-Aktuba flood plain; some border areas, Kotelnikovsky, Uryupinsky, Serafimovichsky, and Pallasovsky, have an medium tourist attractiveness. The majority of the districts in the center of the region and the left bank of the Volga have a low tourist and recreational attractiveness. A component-by-component analysis and a capacity assessment of the potential of tourist destinations, especially in the context of administrative regions, make it possible to identify the leading factors in the territorial development of the tourism and recreational spheres and to develop tourism and recreational systems in the future.

Мучнистая роса дуба в защитных лесных насаждениях Волгоградской области

In the conditions of the Volgograd region, the source of infection of oak with powdery mildew (the causative agent is Erysiphe alphitoides (Griffon et Maubl.) U. Braun et S. Takam.) is the conidial and marsupial stages of the fungus – ascospores, which overwinter in fruit bodies (cleistothecium) almost within the entire range of the host. The development of the disease on the leaves of the shoots of the first growth depends on the phenological features of the oak and the weather conditions of the first growing season. When studying the regularities of oak phenology and the manifestations of the disease, systematic observations were carried out during the growing season in stands of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) with a periodicity of 10 days. The phenology of oak was studied on 100 specimens of plants in protective forest stands on the territory adjacent to the city of Volgograd. At the same time, the development of powdery mildew of leaves was recorded, and conidium was captured using slides, with the help of agar-strips applied to them. The intensity of spore formation during the growth of the fungus was determined using the Goryaev counting chamber by the number of spores in a certain volume of suspension. Weather conditions for phenological observations were recorded using meteorological data for the period of studying the dynamics of the summer of powdery mildew-conidia and taken from the site “Pogoda i klimat”. It has been established that the seasonal development of conidia Erysiphe alphitoides is determined by a combination of the thermal regime and the conditions of humidification of the growing season. With the help of regression analysis for oak plantations in the arid zone of the Volgograd region, a prognostic model of a short-term meteorological and biological forecast of powdery mildew was developed, which made it possible to establish the dates of the disease and the terms of plant treatment through the dynamics of the spread of conidia.

Геоинформационное картографирование урбанизированных территорий с использованием данных дистанционного зондирования (на примере г. Волгограда)

The article examines the dynamics of land cover change in the territory of Volgograd city within the administrative districts from 2017 to 2021. The research objective is to analyze the changes in urban development areas of Volgograd over a five-year period using remote sensing data and geoinformation technologies. The data sources used are global land use maps provided by ESRI, based on the automatic classification of Sentinel-2 satellite imagery with a spatial resolution of 10 m/pixel. The creation and analysis of electronic maps were performed using QGIS 3 software. As a result of the conducted research, the areas of major land cover types were obtained, and their dynamics were studied, identifying areas of new urban development. The three most developed districts are Central, Voroshilovsky, and Krasnooktyabrsky. The built-up area has increased by 325 hectares from 2017 to 2021, with the majority of this increase occurring in the Soviet district of the city. The growth of built-up areas mostly happens at the expense of vacant lots and abandoned arable land. From 2012 to 2021, the population of Volgograd was decreasing by an average of 2,500 people per year. However, the construction of new residential complexes has not ceased. In 2022, the population sharply increased to a record level for the past decade, which may intensify new construction. The city’s forested areas are decreasing, which is characteristic of all administrative districts. According to ESRI data, in 2021, the average forest coverage was 5.3% with a forest area of 4.6 thousand hectares, while in 2017, the average forest coverage was 5.6%. The highest forest coverage is observed in the Kirovsky district, at 16.4%. Sarpa Island, which was included within the administrative boundaries of the district in 2008, also has a high forest coverage of 30.8%.

Переводческая экосистема региона: детерминанты, признаки, особенности

The article focuses on the phenomenon of "translatological ecosystem of the region", which is studied with application of an integrative approach to Translation Studies. Polydiscursive hypertext translation discourse is an integral part of the regional urban discourse and the regional ecosystem on the whole; their interdependence, co-development and interpenetration determine the formation of a special regional ecosystem of translation with distinctive constitutive features. An attempt is made to analyse the factors of formation and development of the regional translatological ecosystem on the example of the Hero City of Volgograd. The hermeneutic and interpretive perspective of the study has enabled identifying and describing various means of regionally conditioned communication actualization with the involvement of translation services, determining the constituent features of the translatological ecosystem and their dominance factors in the urban discourse of the region under study and characterizing this translation ecosystem specificity. The model of the translation ecosystem is presented considering its polydiscursive nature. The system- and city-forming concepts that have an initial impact on the translational action in the region are identified. The translation discourses, which comprise the translatological ecosystem are analysed in detail, industrial, excursion, specialised, educational, social and political ones included. The research contributes to the formation of discursive regional Applied Translation Studies and enhances a novel direction in the science of translation – Eco-Translatology.

The impact of anthropogenic activity on the heat resistance and condition of green spaces in the Central and Kirovsky Districts of Volgograd

This paper examines the impact of anthropogenic activity on the heat resistance and condition of green spaces in the Central and Kirovsky Districts of Volgograd. The method of the analyzed diagnostics of the state of green spaces used in the experiment is described the determination of heat resistance by the degree of damage to chlorophyll-bearing tissues according to F.F. Matskov. The role of the impact of motor transport on the degree of endurance by green spaces of high atmospheric temperatures is considered. The paper presents the results of a study of the heat resistance and state of trees under conditions of various levels of anthropogenic load. The study of the negative human impact on the state and degree of resistance to the action of high temperatures was carried out in the Central and Kirovsky Districts of the city of Volgograd. The studied territories belonged to a residential or park area, as well as transport. The experiments have shown that the indicators of the stability of tree plantations located near the highway and the residential area differ in terms of indicators. Exhaust gases from vehicles reduce the heat resistance of vegetation and their productivity. The obtained materials can serve as a basis for further monitoring of the state of green spaces in Volgograd and carrying out further measures of greening the city.

Analysis of the seasonal dynamics of the NDVI index of potato agrocenosis in the conditions of the dry steppe zone of the Volgograd region

Timely assessment of the state of agrocenoses is very important in agricultural production. In this regard, geographic information systems (GIS) are widely used, since they make it possible to collect, process, store and transmit data on the studied territorial objects. In particular, the data on plant development obtained from satellite images showing the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) changes are widely used in agriculture. Studies were conducted over two years, in 2020 in the village Tumak Sredneakhtubinsky district of Volgograd Region and in 2021 in the village of Mayskoye, near the city of Volgograd. The changes in the NDVI index were compared during different timings of potato growing seasons. The NDVI index readings obtained with the OneSoil software product were synchronized in time and location with the ground surveys. The contrast NDVI was used to determine the heterogeneity of the surface of the crop being grown. The results of the study of dynamics of values of vegetation index NDVI for potatoes grown in the dry steppe zone of the Volgograd region were presented. It was established that during the “germination - budding” period, the NDVI value increased from 0.12 to 0.51 in 2020 and from 0.12 to 0.72 in 2021. During the flowering period, the index value increased on average to 0.64 over the research period. The maximum value of the index was observed during the period of “tops growth cessation - tops wilting” and amounted to 0.75. Further, the index value decreased and in the period of full ripeness of potato tubers, it was equal to 0.6 on an average over the research period. The use of the contrast NDVI determined the heterogeneity of the index values distribution more clearly and completely, which allowed us to identify problem zones in a particular area for taking prompt measures on reduction or elimination of this heterogeneity.

Лингвистическое кодирование объектов годонимического пространства Волгограда и Севастополя

The article is devoted to the description of the linguistic codes of two sister cities – Volgograd and Sevastopol. The coinciding names of linear objects situated in two cities constitute the object of the study. The names are indicated in the official documents of Volgograd City Administration and Sevastopol Department of Architecture and Urban Planning. The undertaken analysis resulted in identification of considerable quantity of similar names. The hodonyms of symbolic, vegetative and anthropogenic linguistic codes were found to have major similarity, which is largely due to the tendency to avoid ideological, historical and personal reference, and assign neutral names to new linear objects. Minor matches occur in hodonyms that realize material, social-and-collective linguistic codes. The nominations that actualize the material code follow the tendency of assigning ideologically unmarked names. The historical heritage of the Soviet Union accounts for the coincidence of names that implement the social-and-collective code. The fewest matches were found in the topographic, memorative (both individual and group) code and names denoting professional activities. This is stipulated by different geographical conditions in which the settlements are located, and their economies. The memorative code also differs substantially and reflects the citizens' striving to commemorate historical figures, military units and other unions that had significant impact on each of the cities. The study carried out has enabled the author to identify the hodonyms, which demonstrate ambiguity in realizing some linguistic codes.

Reasons for sedentarism of shrinking cities in public opinion (evidence from Volgograd city)

The shrinking of cities has become a mass phenomenon, both in foreign countries and in Russia, since the end of the twentieth century. Until now, the question of why some old-industrial cities succeed in the modern global network of comparative advantages and specializations, while others fail and face population decline, seems to be of no small importance. The article attempts to fill the existing gap in the study of the reasons forcing residents of shrinking cities to stay in them. They were defined as “reasons for sedentarism”, which the authors propose to consider as circumstances that keep residents from moving to another city/region/ country in the presence of stable migration intentions. In order to identify the causes of sedentarism, the authors conducted a survey of students of educational institutions in the city of Volgograd and its region using an online questionnaire created on the Google Forms platform. The study used a non-random sample (the “snowball” method). The present study confirms the primacy of the economic causes of sedentarism in shrinking cities and the need to implement an adequate and systematic economic policy that promotes the innovative development of territories. The analysis of the answers shows that the second most important reasons, following material ones, that keep students of shrinking cities from changing their place of residence, are socio-psychological: the desire to preserve social ties (family, friends, relatives) and the fear of changing the situation.

Роль стационарного отделения скорой медицинской помощи в условиях массового поступления пострадавших в техногенных чрезвычайных ситуациях

Summary. Investigation purpose – a planning of stationary department of urgent medical treatment (SDUMT) work in conditions of massive influx of technogenic emergencies (ES) victims. Methods and materials of the investigation. To make the virtual models of (SDUMT) the Flexsim HealthCare software was chosen. The software allows to conduct a processive modeling of predictable work. A work of two stationary urgent medical treatment departments was recreated. The first was SDUMT of university clinic of the First Saint-Petersburg state medical university (FSPAMU) named after academic I.P. Pavlov of Ministry of Health of Russia (model-1) with average (23±2 patients per day) patient influx. The second was SDUMT of city urgent medical treatment hospital №25 of the city of Volgograd (model 2) with average (145±3 patients per day) patient influx. In addition, a retrospective analysis of technogenic ES happened in 45 Russian subjects in 2017-2022 was conducted. A prognosis of specified SDUMT work in conditions of massive emergency victims influx was planned to conduct basing on the up written analysis. Investigation results and their analysis. As a result of the experiments an optimal SDUMT staff was defined. The role of this staff in conditions of massive technogenic emergency victims influx was assessed.

Audit of the budget expenditure effectiveness to develop a modern urban environment and the ways of development of the urban improvement system

Subject. This article discusses the particularities of the implementation of the Federal Project Development of a Comfortable Urban Environment and municipal programmes for the improvement of public open space. Objectives. The article aims to analyze various aspects of the improvement of public open areas considering the City of Volgograd as a case study. Methods. For the study, we used logical and statistical analyses. Results. The article presents an author-developed methodology for auditing the effectiveness of the use of budget funds allocated for the improvement and maintenance of public open areas in the cities of Russia. Conclusions. The results of the study can be used to design municipal programmes for the urban environment development.

Учет и оценка нестационарности при управлении водными ресурсами речного бассейна

This paper considers the rationale for taking into account and assessing the non-stationarity of the development of hydrological processes in the Volga River basin when determining the parameters of the functioning of the Volga water management system. The main purpose of the study is to identify non-stationarity in the formation of river runoff and develop methods for its assessment. The problem of constructing a dynamic-stochastic model is solved, which takes into account the non-stationarity of the formation of river runoff in different periods of time. A generalization of the dynamic-stochastic approach for the analysis and evaluation of long-term fluctuations in the inflow of river waters of the Volga River near the city of Volgograd is made. The stochastic relationship between the runoff of adjacent years is expressed by the transition function that controls the Markov process. Stationarity (non-stationarity) of long-term fluctuations in river runoff was assessed using the Fisher criterion (homogeneity of sample variances), Student’s criterion (homogeneity of sample means), Kolmogorov-Smirnov criterion (homogeneity of samples) and pair correlation (presence of a trend). The description of the nature of the flow of hydrological processes is represented by a model determined by the dynamic-stochastic approach when considering the non-stationary process of the annual flow of the Volga River. Based on the application of the concept of quasi-stationarity, the functions of the availability of the annual flow of the Volga River are obtained, which are used for a probabilistic assessment of the inflow of river waters in the Volga basin. The analysis of long-term fluctuations of the annual runoff of the Volga River made it possible to reveal that the variability of the river runoff of the studied basin has two components – deterministic and random. The deterministic component manifests itself in the change in time of the average value of the flow of the Volga River, and the random component is observed in the irregular annual deviations of the flow from its average value (norm). This approach is used in the probabilistic assessment of the inflow of river waters in the Volga river basin.

On the Issue of Control of Blood-Sucking Diptera during Preparation and Holding of a Mass Event in Volgograd

Background: Abundance and diversity of blood-sucking Diptera, including mosquitoes and midges, is an epidemiologic and health problem in the Volgograd Region. Objective: To examine the combination of pest control, organizational, and entomological measures aimed at reducing the number of blood-sucking Diptera when preparing and holding the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the city of Volgograd in order to ensure sanitary and epidemiological wellbeing of the participants and guests of this international gathering and to evaluate their effectiveness. Materials and methods: We analyzed operational and historical materials of entomological observations of mosquitoes and midges, phenological monitoring of preimaginal stages of blood-sucking black flies (Family Simuliidae) in water bodies and adjacent areas during preparations to the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches in Volgograd. Entomological observations included population counts and collection of blood-sucking arthropods using standard methods. An airplane was used for larvicidal treatment of large areas of wetlands of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain. We analyzed the effectiveness of disinsection aimed at exterminating preimaginal and winged stages of blood-sucking mosquitoes and midges. Results: According to entomological observations, on the first day of the mass flight of blood-sucking midges, the number of attacks on sports facilities ranged from 10 to 20 and then decreased to 3–5 on the following days causing no disturbance. On the opposite, the number of attacks of midges approached 50 in the areas where appropriate insect control measures were not taken. Conclusion: We managed to achieve a significant decline in insect populations, thus ensuring sanitary and epidemiological wellbeing during international football matches in Volgograd.

Estimates of the accuracy and rate of convergence of short-term meteorological forecasts using the regional climate model RegCM4

We use the regional climate model RegCM 4.9 for the territory of Southern Russia to estimate the accuracy of meteorological forecasts. The errors of meteorological and climatic forecasts is due to complex non-equilibrium physicochemical processes in the components of the Earth's geosystem, which are characterized by gasdynamic and thermal instabilities at various spatial scales. A method for assessing the convergence of forecasts based on time series analysis is discussed for various localities. The reliability of forecasts for temperatures up to 1 degree can lie within 5-10 days for the south of the European part of Russia, depending on the predominance of cyclonic or anticyclonic atmospheric movements. The interval of acceptable precipitation forecast, as a rule, does not exceed 2-4 days for an area of about 104km2 and greatly decreases with decreasing area of the region under consideration. The annual volume of precipitation correlates in the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd at the level of 70 percent with each other. The correlation between the Rostov-on-Don City or the Volgograd City on the one hand, and the cities Astrakhan, Stavropol, Elista on the other hand, turns out to be significantly less, ranging from 30 to 40 percent.

APPLICATION OF THE GRAPH-ANALYTIC APPROACH IN THE DESIGN OF TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL SCHEMES ON URBAN ROAD SECTIONS

Statement of the problem. The applied scheme of the organization of traffic light regulation of urban traffic is one of the key factors determining the convenience and environmental friendliness of the functioning of the entire transport infrastructure of the city. Optimization of its parameters is the simplest and most cost-effective way to increase the comfort of moving along urban highways and improve the overall environmental situation. Results. The use of a graphical large-scale traffic flow diagram as a simple and convenient tool for analyzing and optimizing the traffic light regulation scheme on the section of the dominant highway of the road network is considered. As an example, an optimized version of the traffic light regulation scheme on Raboche-Krestyanskaya Street in the city of Volgograd is shown. Conclusions. The proposed graph-analytic approach allows one to quickly and visually develop, analyze, and, if necessary, optimize the parameters of the traffic light control scheme on problematic sections of urban highways.

Дистанционный мониторинг качества атмосферного воздуха города Волгограда

In large cities, one of the significant problems is air pollution, which can harm both the health of the population and the environment as a whole. At the same time, a person cannot always independently determine the risk assessment and take the necessary measures. Therefore, the main source of knowledge for the population is informing about the environmental situation and about observations of the processes and phenomena that occur in the external environment. The quality of monitoring and forecasting of emergency situations has a decisive influence on the effectiveness of activities in the field of reducing the risks of their occurrence and scale. The Volgograd region is a region with a developed diversified industry. Among industrial facilities, such industries as metallurgical, chemical, fuel and construction are characterized by the highest emissions. In addition, food and light industry enterprises, industrial and domestic boiler houses are located in the region, which also contribute to the overall level of air pollution in the atmosphere. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to conduct satellite monitoring of air quality in the industrial center of the Volgograd region – the city of Volgograd. The article presents the results of remote monitoring from February to April 2022, where the criteria for air pollutants were calculated. According to the calculations obtained, an assessment of the pollution of the selected industrial center of the Volgograd region was obtained. To assess the level of air pollution, both international and Russian indicators were used and the following conclusion was reached. The system, which is adopted in Russia and the CIS countries, allows for a comprehensive assessment of air pollution. Thus, pollutants are normalized both by MPC and by the air pollution index.

Application of geoinformation mapping methods for urbanized territories using remote sensing data

The article considers examples of mapping urban areas using remote sensing data (Landsat 4-5, 7, 8 and Sentinel 2) based on the QGIS open information system. On the basis of several projects carried out at the Institute of Earth Sciences of St. Petersburg State University, the main steps of remote sensing data processing and the use of GIS are shown, as well as significant differences in details, which vary depending on the purpose of the project and the study area. The authors performed data processing and analysis, as well as dynamic mapping of the city of Volgograd, a settlement with a linear urban planning with a large extent, studied the ecological state (in particular, analysis of thermal anomalies) and compiled a map of the city of Balakovo as a city-forming nuclear center of the Saratov region of the Russian Federation, analyzed the recreational areas of the cities of the Stavropol Territory, and also compiled the urbanized territories of one of the foreign states of the Asia-Pacific region. Attention is focused on the relevance and necessity of popularization in the management circles of algorithms and methods for using available software and open data to improve the efficiency of decisions made in various regions of the Russian Federation.