<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Inclusion of specific rural architectural and planning forms in the urban structure of Moscow is analysed. As a theoretical background, theories of Garden-Cities (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_euco-2017-0033_ref_006_w2aab3b7b9b1b6b1ab1ab6Aa">Howard, 1902</xref>), Rural-urban continuum (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_euco-2017-0033_ref_014_w2aab3b7b9b1b6b1ab1ac14Aa">Sorokin, Zimmerman, 1929</xref>), Slow city (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_euco-2017-0033_ref_009_w2aab3b7b9b1b6b1ab1ab9Aa">Mayer, Knox, 2009</xref>) are considered. Inclusion of rural architectural and planning forms is analysed for different structural elements of Moscow’s urban environment – public spaces, industrial areas, residential areas, street and road network. Authors argue that once included into the structure of the city, rural planning and architectural forms do not disappear, but after the termination of the implementation of their parent species and ways of life, which are really related to agriculture and other “non-urban” activities, they are transformed for integration into urban life and the environment, contributing to an increase in their diversity. This pattern can be traced consistently, at least, from the XVIII century.</p></abstract>

Inclusion of specific rural architectural and planning forms in the urban structure of Moscow is analysed. As a theoretical background, theories of Garden-Cities (Howard, 1902), Rural-urban continuum (Sorokin, Zimmerman, 1929), Slow city (Mayer, Knox, 2009) are considered. Inclusion of rural architectural and planning forms is analysed for different structural elements of Moscow’s urban environment – public spaces, industrial areas, residential areas, street and road network. Authors argue that once included into the structure of the city, rural planning and architectural forms do not disappear, but after the termination of the implementation of their parent species and ways of life, which are really related to agriculture and other “non-urban” activities, they are transformed for integration into urban life and the environment, contributing to an increase in their diversity. This pattern can be traced consistently, at least, from the XVIII century.

Rural Architectural and Planning Forms as a Source of Diversity for Urban Environment (Case Study of Moscow)

Director of Center for Situational Monitoring and Regional Studies, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences

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Inclusion of specific rural architectural and planning forms in the urban structure of Moscow is analysed. As a theoretical background, theories of...

Rural Architectural and Planning Forms as a Source of Diversity for Urban Environment (Case Study of Moscow)

Published Online: Oct 07, 2017

Page range: 560 - 576

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0033

Keywords
rural architectural and planning forms, urban planning structure, urban development, urban environment, public spaces, industrial areas, residential areas, street and road network, Moscow

© 2017 Alexander Savchenko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Rural Architectural and Planning Forms as a Source of Diversity for Urban Environment (Case Study of Moscow)

Published Online: Oct 07, 2017

Page range: 560 - 576

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0033

Keywordsrural architectural and planning forms, urban planning structure, urban development, urban environment, public spaces, industrial areas, residential areas, street and road network, Moscow

© 2017 Alexander Savchenko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
rural architectural and planning forms, urban planning structure, urban development, urban environment, public spaces, industrial areas, residential areas, street and road network, Moscow