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The use of web technologies in urban planning management in Russian cities
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
14
(4),
456-467
(2021)
Abstract
The emergence of web technologies has created new conditions for the improvement of town planning activity by municipal authorities in cities. There are more opportunities to receive and process increasing amounts of information for new forms of interaction with the urban community, and for the more cost-effective and efficient use of management systems. The improvement of urban planning management in cities increases both their investment attractiveness and their appeal to citizens. Official websites provide a basic source of information about a city and have become especially relevant in the context of high population migration and increasing competition between cities as centres of settlement. This study reviews the use of web technologies in the field of urban management adopted by the 50 largest cities in Russia; cities of federal importance, such as Moscow and St Petersburg, were excluded from this study. The study recommends measures that cities should take to improve and develop their technology assets. The technologies used in urban management and the effectiveness of cities to meet the needs of residents, property owners, business owners and investors were evaluated in this study.
Keywords: urban management; web technologies; efficiency; urban information system; websites; smart city; official urban digital space; e-government
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Author's Biography
Michael Vilenskii studied at St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia, obtaining his PhD in 2003 from the Department of Urban Development. From 1999 to the present, he is an associate professor in that department. His areas of professional interest include town planning design, development of territories, organisation and management of architectural and town planning activity, planning of rural settlements, green architecture and building materials.
Olga Smirnova obtained her PhD in 2012 from the Department of Construction Materials and Technologies of St Petersburg State Transport University, Russia, with a dissertation on ‘High-performance Concrete for Precast Prestressed Reinforced Sleepers’. From 2013 to 2017 she was an associate professor in that department. From 2017 to the present, she is an associate professor in the Department of Constructing Mining Enterprises and Underground Structures, St Petersburg Mining University. Her interests include inorganic binders, alkali-activated binders, hybrid binders, high-performance concrete, superplasticisers and materials for transport constructions.
