Urbanology: a new perspective on the study of cities in the context of globalisation

Authors

  • Maksim A. Bahdasarau Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus
  • Yulia V. Bahdasarava Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus; Gymnasium No. 2 of Brest, 332 Maskowskaja Street, 5 building, Brest 224023, Belarus
  • Nikolai N. Vlasyuk Brest Regional Executive Committee, 11 Lenina Street, Brest 224005, Belarus; Brest State Technical University, 267 Maskowskaja Street, Brest 224017, Belarus
  • Denis V. Kapskii Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus, 17 Maskowskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

Keywords:

urbanology, global problems, sustainable development, globalisation, urbanisation, urban environment, quality of life, city management

Abstract

The article is devoted to the substantiation of the formation of urbanology as a new synthetic science of cities. It systematises and generalises the actual knowledge of a number of natural, humanitarian, engineering and information-technological sciences about the peculiarities of various aspects of the existence and development of cities and forms a general framework of the system of knowledge about the real processes of their functioning. The main provisions of the article reveal the concept, object, subject, tasks and functions of urbanology, its origins and correlation with other sciences, outline the main directions of development of urbanological theory of the modern city. In the author’s understanding, urbanology is a science that studies cities as complex social systems connected with the environment and interacting with it. City management is closely related to it – the system of city management, which includes planning, organisation, control and coordination of all aspects of urban life, including economy, infrastructure, transport, social sphere, ecology and security. It is shown that urbanology, as a science and academic speciality, has a unique and qualitatively new functional potential for the development of both theoretical models and practical recommendations to ensure sustainable and effective regulation of urban life. Urbanology studies the features of the urban environment and offers solutions to improve the quality of life of citizens, and city management is engaged in the practical management of the city and the implementation of these solutions. The scientific novelty of the presented results lies in the generalisation of theoretical models of foreign and domestic researchers, analysis of their heuristic potential and identification of their significance for the study of contemporary urban problems. The authors also propose a number of new directions for further research, designed to ensure a new level of the process of forming design solutions in terms of spatial development of cities. The article emphasises the importance of social justice and ecological well-being in the urban environment. It may be of interest to geographers, architects, urban planners, heads of executive authorities, individual enterprises and institutions, as well as to all those who are interested in modern urban development in the context of globalisation.

Author Biographies

  • Maksim A. Bahdasarau, Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus

    doctor of science (geology and mineralogy), full professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; professor at the department of geography and nature management, faculty of natural science



  • Yulia V. Bahdasarava, Brest State A. S. Pushkin University, 21 Kasmanawtaw Boulevard, Brest 224016, Belarus; Gymnasium No. 2 of Brest, 332 Maskowskaja Street, 5 building, Brest 224023, Belarus

    teacher of geography of the highest category, gymnasium No. 2 of Brest, and postgraduate student at the department of geography and nature management, faculty of natural science, Brest State A. S. Pushkin University

     

  • Nikolai N. Vlasyuk, Brest Regional Executive Committee, 11 Lenina Street, Brest 224005, Belarus; Brest State Technical University, 267 Maskowskaja Street, Brest 224017, Belarus

    PhD (architecture), docent; head of the department of architecture and territorial development, committee for architecture and construction, Brest Regional Executive Committee, and professor at the department of architecture, civil engineering faculty, Brest State Technical University

     

  • Denis V. Kapskii, Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, 66 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus; Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus, 17 Maskowskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

    doctor of science (engineering), docent; deputy chairman, Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus, professor at the department of information resources management, institute of managerial personnel, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus

     

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2023-12-28

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No. 2 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology

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Bahdasarau, M.A. et al. 2023. Urbanology: a new perspective on the study of cities in the context of globalisation. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology. 2 (Dec. 2023), 3–16.