Municipal Territory Research Articles

Recreational development of municipal territories (based on the materials of the Tobolsk municipal district, Tyumen Region)

The article considers the different types of internal and external recreation. The procedure for establishing directions and types of recreation based on the assessment of recreational properties and conditions of activity is substantiated this work. The accounting of the existing land and property relations and the formation of the land and property complex of recreation on the base of the development of the land and property complex system is shown here as well. The current state of the recreational system of the Tobolsk district (Tyumen region) was analyzed and established that under the existing conditions for ensuring recreational activities, the mining prevails over other recreational directions. At the same time, there is an overlay of different types of recreational activities in the same territory. The authors propose the recreational zoning as a tool, which makes it possible to establish the type of recreational activities.

Perception of tourism stakeholders due to the effects of covid-19. Case of municipal territories in Antioquia - Colombia

The measures taken to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus affected the world economy and in particular the tourism sector. The stoppage of activities resulted in a drastic drop in its operations, also impacting on the perception that tourism actors have in the process of economic recovery. The research sought to identify the perception of the actors in the tourism sector chain about the impacts generated by Covid-19 in the Jericó and Jardín municipalities, located southwest of Medellín-Colombia, with a qualitative and interpretive approach which tends to understand , interpretation and perception of the realities of tourism service providers. The design was cross-sectional, not experimental, and the phenomenological method was used. Direct effects were evident mainly in the sustainability and permanence of the companies in the sector, financial and income weakness, which generated unemployment in the region. Finally, the tourism companies located in these two municipalities do not have action and response plans to these external threats, which leads to decisions such as reducing staff, closing and liquidating the companies in the short term and the feeling of not having the support of public institutions.

Proposal of a methodological sequence for the spatial-temporal analysis of real estate developments: Application in Natal/RN

This article aims to analyze the spatial distribution of real estate projects, launched during the 10 most intense years of the real estate market in the city of Natal/RN. However, the lack of data on the real estate production of several national capitals, based on the absence of clear procedures for capturing and organizing this type of information, represents a limiting factor for the development of an analysis of this nature. To circumvent this limitation, this study proposed a methodological sequence capable of capturing, systematizing and georeferencing a wide variety of data referring to real estate developments in any Brazilian city. The application of this new methodological itinerary in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte reveals an asymmetrical spatial distribution in the municipal territory, considering that 86% of real estate developments are concentrated in 4 areas, which correspond to only 19% of the territorial extension of the municipality in question. In 3 of these 4 locations there is a tangible connection between the type of real estate production and some physical and socioeconomic characteristics found in them, such as tourism, environment, urban facilities, in addition to the purchasing power of the population. Finally, the role of the State was identified as an inducer of real estate development in a peripheral region through a housing program promoted by the Federal Government.

GIS BASED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL – CASE STUDY EAST SARAJEVO

<p>This research represents the results of field work conducted in the period from March 29 to May 29. 2020, to determine and record the location of illegal waste disposal sites in the municipalities of Istočno Novo Sarajevo and Istočna Ilidža. The location of illegal waste disposal sites was analyzed based on two groups of factors: space exposure and space sensitivity. The analysis included following exposure factors: distance from urban settlements, distance from roads and population density and sensitivity factors: land cover, hydrogeological characteristics of the substrate, distance from springs and watercourses and land slope. In addition to the location of illegal waste disposal sites, it was analyzed the potential vulnerability of space based on both groups of factors. Final map of spatial vulnerability was created using multi-factor analysis. This work emphasizes the possibility of using easily accessible devices for recording the locations of illegal waste disposal sites, as well as the importance of geographic information systems in the analysis and monitoring of the state of the environment. Based on the example presented in the work, the possibility of applying a similar model on the territory of other municipalities is given, with the aim of preventing the negative consequences of pollution on human health and the environment.</p>

Ljutomer during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991

Drawing on post-war literature, the article at hand conveys the most significant events that took place in Ljutomer and the surrounding area during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991. It presents the period of direct preparations to declare Slovenia’s independence as well as preparations for an armed defence thereof by the territorial defence and militsiya. The article also describes the most important events in the territory of the Ljutomer municipality, where direct skirmishes took place with the Yugoslav People’s Army as well fighting in the territory of the territorial area command of Ljutomer. Successful performance of the territorial defence and militsiya importantly contributed to the defence of the independent Slovenia and thus to closing the last chapter of the war history of this area.

Ljutomer during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991

Drawing on post-war literature, the article at hand conveys the most significant events that took place in Ljutomer and the surrounding area during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991. It presents the period of direct preparations to declare Slovenia’s independence as well as preparations for an armed defence thereof by the territorial defence and militsiya. The article also describes the most important events in the territory of the Ljutomer municipality, where direct skirmishes took place with the Yugoslav People’s Army as well fighting in the territory of the territorial area command of Ljutomer. Successful performance of the territorial defence and militsiya importantly contributed to the defence of the independent Slovenia and thus to closing the last chapter of the war history of this area.

Ljutomer during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991

Drawing on post-war literature, the article at hand conveys the most significant events that took place in Ljutomer and the surrounding area during Slovenia’s War of Independence in 1991. It presents the period of direct preparations to declare Slovenia’s independence as well as preparations for an armed defence thereof by the territorial defence and militsiya. The article also describes the most important events in the territory of the Ljutomer municipality, where direct skirmishes took place with the Yugoslav People’s Army as well fighting in the territory of the territorial area command of Ljutomer. Successful performance of the territorial defence and militsiya importantly contributed to the defence of the independent Slovenia and thus to closing the last chapter of the war history of this area.

Communicative Resources of Public Chambers for the Formation of Public Opinion (on the example of a municipal territory)

The current situation in single-industry towns of the Ural Federal District has long suggested the need to build and implement a strategy for sociological support of work and search for public practices of Public Chambers in municipalities. Hence, the purpose of this study was to develop and substantiate a more advanced model of sociological support for the activities of the Public Chamber for the formation of public opinion in the municipal territory, understanding of the authorities of its usefulness, which, as a result, will significantly simplify the procedures for discussing projects for the formation of a comfortable urban environment and other projects to address issues of life support of the municipality by representatives of the socio-territorial community. The novelty of the material is characterized by the use of reflexive practices of the concept of “Good Governance” in building a model of “Effective Governance” for establishing communication processes, cooperation, and involving the population in the process of power management through the Public Chamber at the municipal level. Using the levels of civic engagement established by the citizen engagement standard, the institutional functions of the Public Chamber for the formation of public opinion, its institutional functions are specified as new formats for citizen engagement. An additional constructivist function is proposed: the formation, as a result of the manifestation of civil initiatives, of new social structures from public opinion leaders such as: public councils, city councils, possible communities, territorial self-government bodies subordinate to the Public Chambers of municipalities (as part of them), which is of interest in the study and clarification as another additional institutional function for the formation of public opinion and the involvement of citizens in resolving issues of local governments. On the basis of the experiment conducted on the territory of the municipality (Sverdlovsk region, 2021), the author formulates the new formats for the involvement of the citizens, and develops recommendations for local authorities that would contribute to the establishment of communication processes, cooperation, and further involvement of the citizens in the process of managing power by the population at the municipal level.

Features of the spread of a new coronavirus infection in the territory of municipalities of the Rostov region

Introduction. Since the registration of the first cases of COVID-19 in the PRC, due to the high migration activity of the population, the new coronavirus infection has spread throughout the world, including the Russian Federation.Aim. To establish the features of the spread of a new coronavirus infection in the Rostov Region. Materials and methods.The analysis of 81 cases of the importation of a new coronavirus infection by persons who arrived in the Rostov Region from abroad or other regions of the Russian Federation was carried out based on the data of the Rostov Region office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare. The dynamics of the spread of COVID-19 in the administrative territories of the Rostov Region has been analyzed. The data of viral genome-wide sequencing (n = 155) carried out in the Rostov-on-Don Research Anti-Plague Institute were used in this study.Results. In the period from 03/21/2020 to 03/28/2020, cases imported both from abroad and from other regions of the Russian Federation were registered in the Rostov Region, , mainly on the territory of the Rostov urban agglomeration. The vector of the spread of the disease was directed from the administrative center of the region to the periphery. The emergence of a new genetic line B.617.2 (Delta) probably led to a significant increase in the incidence in the Rostov Region.Conclusions. The spread of a new coronavirus infection in the Rostov Region was facilitated by the one of the main social factors of epidemiological risk, the population migration, which led to the importation of the infection to the administrative center of the subject, Rostov-on-Don city. Taking into account peculiarities of the Rostov region, the largest proportion of COVID-19 cases was recorded in the Rostov urban agglomeration. Against the background of the dominance of the “Delta” variant of the virus on the territory of the Rostov region, there was a tendency towards an increase in the number of cases.

STUDY OF PARENTS` INFLUENCE OVER THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS OF ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES IN PLOVDIV

Purpose: To explore the influence of parents on the physical activity and sport of adolescents in families from different ethnic groups of Plovdiv Municipality. Material and methods: During the summer term of the 2018/19 academic year, a survey had been conducted among parents of the students who study in certain schools on the territory of the Plovdiv municipality (the city of Plovdiv and the village of Karadjovo). The subject of the study has been 185 parents of adolescents from three different ethnic groups-Bulgarians, Turkish and Roma. Have been developed and used specifically for this purpose an author's questionnaire for parents, which contains open, closed, and mixed questions. For the statistical processing, we have used the data analysis software IBM SPSS Statistics v. 25. Results: The subject of the study has been 185 parents from different ethnic groups. Bulgarians 96 (51.9%), Turkish 29 (15.7%) and Roma 60 (32.4%). Of all the parents at the time of the survey, only 23 (12.4%) played sports, 162 (87.6%) did not play sports, and 43 (23.2%) of the parents believed that additional sports would make it difficult for their children to prepare for school. Conclusion: Many parents are reluctant to engage in additional leisure activities for their children that would link them to restricting or disrupting their free time.

კლიმატის მიმდინარე ცვლილების გავლენა ჰიდროგეოლოგიურ და საინჟინროგეოლოგიურ პროცესებზე დედოფლისწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტის მაგალითზე

It is likely that the climate of the 21st century will be quite different from the climate of the 20th century due to the impact of human agricultural activities. Society's sensitivity to climate change is determined by the frequency and severity of extreme events, as climate events can cause serious material damage and casualties. To assess the potential threat posed by climate change and manage the risks, it is necessary to create reliable models that will be able to construct climate change scenarios with high accuracy. It is especially important to anticipate the expected frequency and intensity of changes in extreme events in the process of climate change, such as heavy rainfall, associated floods and high temperatures. This prediction is essential for future planning of water resources, agriculture, irrigation and drainage, road, construction design, and other sectors such as tourism and etc., where weather and climate are the defining factors. Climate change scenario has been defined in the territory of Dedoplistskaro municipality as a result of the forecast of climate variability in the period of 2020-2050. It was concluded that the warming trend will be maintained, which in numerical expression equals +30C, compared to the current average annual temperature. The nature of the changes in the main climatic parameters and the impact of these changes on the engineering-geological and hydrogeological conditions for the selected regions of Dedoplistskaro were assessed.

Актуальные проблемы реализации государственной политики в сфере образования в муниципальных образованиях Российской Федерации

The article is devoted to the current state of implementation of state policy in the field of education in the territories of Russian municipalities. A special place in the article is given to the delimitation of powers in the field of education between state authorities and local self-government bodies. The article presents current data on the implementation of the National Project “Education” in the territories of municipalities and highlights the actual problems of the activities of local governments involved in the implementation of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the education.

TRANSITION TO A SINGLE-LEVEL SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES: CONSEQUENCES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

In 2022, a large-scale reform of local self-government began: a corresponding bill was submitted to the State Duma. It provides for the embedding of local self-government into a single system of public authority in the Russian Federation, reforming the territories of municipalities and the powers of local self-government. The article examines the problem of transition to a single-level model of local self-government with the rejection of the settlement level, proposed by the legislator. Based on the analysis of the previous experience of municipal construction in the Russian Federation, foreign experience, statistical data, scientific concepts, expert opinions, the necessity of the presence of local governments at the level of settlements, the inadmissibility of liquidating the settlement level of local self-government is proved. The statement is substantiated that all the problems of the settlement level lie not in the organizational, but in the financial plane. The issue of the status of village elders and territorial public self-government bodies is raised in connection with their new powers and the need to increase this status from public amateur bodies to local governments. It is argued that the transfer of powers of local self-government to state authorities will not lead to a more effective solution of issues of local importance, since it will not reduce the costs of solving these issues, will not reduce the number of managerial personnel, but will only change the budget from which these expenses will be carried out, therefore, the solution of the issue - in the redistribution of public finances in favor of local budgets. The necessity of preserving settlements, the need to stop the process of reducing the number of municipalities, based on the geopolitical position of the Russian Federation, is substantiated. Ways of solving personnel and financial issues in order to preserve rural settlements are proposed.

Ustanowienie świętego patrona miast, gmin, powiatów i województw

The subject of this article is the procedure for selecting a saint of the Roman Catholic Church patron saint for the city, municipality or wider territory. The establishment of a patron saint is within the competence of the confessional authority, in particular, the bishop and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sac-raments. The procedure consists of three stages: the election, acknowledgement and affirmation of the patron saint. The church’s current regulations regarding the election of patron saints are contained in two documents of the Holy See. The municipal council, the poviat council and the assembly of the province pass a res-olution on the patron at the stage of his election by the society and the clergy. The above-mentioned authorities do not take part in the next two stages. Entities of territorial self-government only have a supporting vote. They cannot independently establish a patron saint, regardless of the decisions of the ecclesiastical authorities. The position of administrative courts that the resolutions of the constitutive au-thorities of entities of territorial self-government belong to the category of public administration matters is unjustified. The decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is addressed to a given diocese and not to local self-government authorities. The patron saint is established for a city, mu-nicipality, poviat, or for an area that does not have administrative borders. Entities of territorial self-government must respect the autonomy of the church authorities, and public authorities should be impartial in religious matters. Therefore, entities of territorial self-government do not have the competence to establish a patron saint for the promotion of a municipality, district or self-government of the voivodship. However, they can refer to saint persons at the symbolic level, for example, in the coat of arms or the names of streets and squares. This also applies to schools and hospitals run by local self-government authorities.

ArboAlvo: stratification method for territorial receptivity to urban arboviruses.

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE To present the urban arboviruses (dengue, zika and chikungunya) stratification methodology by the territorial receptivity Index, an instrument for the surveillance and control of these diseases, which considers the heterogeneity of an intra-municipal territory.METHODS Ecological study that uses as unit of analysis the areas covered by health centers in Belo Horizonte. For the development of a territorial receptivity index, indicators of socio-environmental determination of urban arboviruses were selected in order to integrate the analysis of main components. The resulting components were weighted by the analytic hierarchy process and combined via map algebra.RESULTS The territorial receptivity index showed great heterogeneity of urban infrastructure conditions. The areas classified with high and very high receptivity correspond to approximately 33% of the occupied area and are mainly concentrated in the administrative planning regions of East, Northeast, North, West, and Barreiro, especially in areas surrounding the municipality. When the density of dengue cases and Aedes eggs, from 2016, were superimposed with the stratification by the index of territorial receptivity to urban arboviruses, areas of very high receptivity had a high density of cases and Aedes eggs – higher than that observed in other areas of the city, which corresponds to a very small percentage of the municipal territory (13.5%).CONCLUSION The analyses indicate the need for the development of adequate surveillance and control actions for each context, overcoming the logic of homogeneous allocation throughout the territory.

Development of a method for creating and updating the cartographic base using space images from «SUPER VIEW-1» satellites

Data obtained by remote sensing of land (remote sensing) from space, at this time in the world are widely used to create orthophotos in solving the following tasks: creating inventories and land management; creating and updating maps; planning and management of municipal territories; general monitoring of territories; in architecture and construction; in geological works; in design and survey works; when creating a basic cartographic substrate for various applications. The article presents the authors' views on the possibility of using Earth Remote Sensing data from the «SuperView-1» satellites to create and update cartographic bases based on the capabilities of the NSFCTC. The advantages of using digital orthorectification technology based on space images are presented. The technical characteristics of the SuperView-1 satellites and UNSPI-8.2 receiving station, which makes it possible to receive data from satellites are provided. The algorithm and results of practical experiment for orthophotos creation on a scale of 1:10,000 using space images from SuperView-1 satellites are presented. In general, the data from SuperView-1 satellites have been shown to be suitable for creating orthophotos on a scale of 1:10,000. The application of this technology to create digital cartographic support of territories on the basis of space survey materials will significantly reduce the cost of obtaining planning and cartographic materials, which in turn will reduce the time and cost of designing spatial data infrastructure, preparation of relevant documents for spatial planning. At the same time, it is possible to update planning and cartographic materials by monitoring and adjusting their changes.

Proposal for measuring the level of urbanicity of Brazilian cities based on the 2010 demographic census data

The scope of this study is to present a proposal for measuring the level of urbanicity in Brazilian cities based on data from the 2010 census. It is an ecological study, which used the official (urban rural) classification of IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, in portuguese) and that of small, medium and large cities of Veiga (2002). A classification tree was used for prediction with Cross Validation. Two models of analysis were tested. In model 1, the independent variables were the physical and social characteristics of the cities, and the outcome was classification in accordance with IBGE criteria. In model 2, in addition to the variables used in model 1, the Veiga (2002) criterion was included as a covariate. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were then calculated. Model 2 showed statistically significant gains in the prediction of the level of urbanicity, increasing the sensitivity and accuracy estimates in the sets used for testing. Large cities were automatically classified as urban in model 2. However, to predict the urbanicity of other cities, Veiga (2002) criteria were combined with other physical and social characteristics of cities. The combination of indicators in model 2 enabled the definition of quantitative criteria to create typologies for classifying the urban rural definition in the Brazilian municipal territory.

Application of Web-based Gis in Municipal Territory Registration Management

Application of Web-based Gis in Municipal Territory Registration Management

PERSPECTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY IN THE CONTEXT OF TERRITORY PLANNING DOCUMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF MOLĖTAI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

Territory planning is a rather complex process involving the combination of the necessary economic, social, cultural and ecological policy expressions related to land use policy. This process is quite complex and lengthy due to the large number of interests involved, which inevitably leads to conflicts, inconsistencies in the solutions of territory planning documents at various levels or inconsistencies in the current territory planning situation with the solutions of territory planning documents. The aim of this article is to analyze the development perspectives of Molėtai district municipality territory in the context of territory planning documents. Molėtai district municipality was chosen as one of the research objects as one of the 15 Lithuanian municipalities with exceptional landscape and recreational characteristics. After the comparative analysis of the functional zoning solutions of the general plan (hereinafter - GP) and general plan correction territories of 11 Molėtai district elderships, it was established that no significant changes have been identified in the regulation of the use of the territory. Meanwhile, after analyzing the compliance of the actual land use of the Molėtai district territory with the solutions of the GP correction, land use and protection regulations drawing, it was found that recreational areas around Lake Pagulbis in Alanta eldership are planned, however, according to the current situation the area is dominated by swamps and isolated tree massifs. In the territories of Giedraičiai and Joniškis elderships, according to the solutions provided in the GP correction, the territories are intended for intensive agricultural activities, but they are dominated by forests. The analysis of the development perspectives of the territories of individual elderships revealed that it is expedient to develop intensive agriculture in Joniškis, Balninkai and Alanta elderships. Extensive agriculture - in Balninkai, Alanta and Giedraičiai elderships. Mindūnai, Čiulėnai and Videniškės elderships are promising for the development of forest territories. It is most expedient to develop recreation in Mindūnai, Čiulėnai and Dubingiai elderships. Comparing the obtained results with the GP correction solutions and the actual use of the territories in the area, it was established that at least one of the functional areas of the territories regulated in the GP correction coincides with the actual use of the territories and the territory development perspective. The biggest discrepancy between the regulated, existing and perspective use of the territories was found in Videniškiai, Dubingiai and Giedraičiai elderships. Meanwhile, in Mindūnai, Joniškis and Balninkai elderships, the actual use of territories is regulated in the correction of the GP, most in line with the planned perspectives of territory development.

Understanding Urban Complexity via the Spatial Diversity of Activities: An Application to Barcelona (Spain)

Urban complexity can be measured by the numerical and spatial diversity of activities in a territory. Just as biodiversity can be measured in a natural ecosystem, diversity indices can be applied to urban settings. Urban diversity presents higher values in areas where there is a greater number of (economic, institutional, and social) activities with a high degree of differentiation between them. This study seeks to investigate the potential of applying an urban diversity index in a specific case study: namely, the city of Barcelona (Spain), known for the orthogonal grid plan of its Eixample district. Results show that the municipal territory of Barcelona as a whole is characterized by highly differentiated spaces according to their urban diversity values. Specifically, it is the Eixample district that presents the highest values of urban diversity, reflecting the densification of its morphology and its urban commercial policies.