Directions of transformation and development of border towns of the Leningrad region in modern conditions (through the examples of Ivangorod and Svetogorsk)

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Vaytens, A G, Yankovskaya, Y S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: North-Western Russia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/775/1/012059; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/775/1/012059/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/775/1/012059

Abstract Numerous problems of cross-border cooperation in the North Western Russia, in particular in the Leningrad region, are not defined only by features of interstate relations, but also by the problems of development of the border settlements. Cities with border points crossing creates the first impressions of the foreign visitors about Russia and therefore the search for the ways of their transformation and development is actual. In the Leningrad Region there are two border towns - Ivangorod (border with Estonia) and Svetogorsk (they border with Finland). Despite the differences in the border location of these towns relative to state borders, the problems of them are very similar. At present, both Ivangorod and Svetogorsk are not in the best position, and for these border towns most of the problems of small towns of Russia are characteristic. This is a range of territorial, transport, functional planning, economic and recreational problems.