The urban environment formation in the natural and climatic conditions of the north of Siberia: researches of 1960s - 1980s

The article presents interdisciplinary analysis of 1960s - 1980s researches on the main characteristics of the urban environment in the North of Siberia. The approach is justified by the region natural and climatic characteristics; an interdisciplinary study of the issue of arranging living spaces is necessary. The author studies works devoted to the comfortable urban environment creation in the North of Siberia, since the previously proposed ideas can be applied in modern government programs for the industrial development of the Russian North. As a result, the author concludes that Soviet researchers were highly interested in the issue of creating a comfortable urban environment in the North of Siberia, taking into account natural and climatic features. The most demanded arrangement models have been found in the analysed literature. The researchers pointed out the need to plan a North Siberian city only using an integrated method, taking into account the peculiarities of the terrain, wind conditions and landscape. In addition, they pointed out the need to introduce new standards to reduce emissions adversely affecting the environment, to carry out land reclamation, to engage in landscaping depending on natural areas. All these measures would make it possible not to destroy the established regional biocenosis to a critical level, to rationalise the management of natural resources, and to fit the city into the existing natural and climatic space. The lack of political will, economic determinism, and departmental structure prevented many of the proposed ideas from being implemented in practice. Therefore, it is important to analyse the experience in the development of the North of Siberia, since the government currently has plans for further study and industrial development of the region.