MULTI-LAYER ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGY OF THE CITY OF KRASNOYARSK BASED ON CONCEPT URBAN LANDSCAPE UNITS

Abstract

The Conzenian concept of the urban landscape unit is one of the most diverse approaches to the study of urban morphology: (Hiroyuki Yoshida 2004, Manabu Omae 2004, Kai Gu 2013, J.R. Shi 2015, other). Large cities around the world are growing that is why diversity of the urban landscape units is forming within the city’s boundaries. That entails an inevitable change of the urban form and the complication of the city morphology. In the fast-growing and changing world, the analysis of urban morphology is relevant. Morphology of each city could be understood as the dynamic system of the interlinked urban landscape units. This research introduced the study of urban morphology based on the concept of an urban landscape unit, relying on the methods of big data. Understanding of the city as the combination of the different in the "context" urban landscape units is important for the strategic planning of the further development historically justified morphological structure. The uniqueness of the urban morphological structure is forming under the pressure of the anthropogenic and natural factors in accordance with historical sequence. The main purpose of the paper is to study the interrelation of the urban landscape units forming and the morphological structure of the city of Krasnoyarsk. The study identified the main morph types of the city of Krasnoyarsk: a historical block of the urban core, micro districts of the different periods of construction (1950-60, 1970-80), various forms of individual housing construction, a modern block. The result of the study is a multi-layer information model based on open data and geographic information systems. The understanding of the morphological structure of the city of Krasnoyarsk through the morphologic electronic model will help the urban designer to evaluate qualities of the future development.