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The paper presents the results of assessing the comfort potential and development prospects of urbanized geosystems in the steppe zone of Russia based on the developed geographic information index. It is necessary to reduce the anthropogenic load on the environment to ensure a comfortable and sustainable living environment in cities. Urban green areas are an essential part of the well-being and health of citizens. The index was calculated based on indicators of the total area of technical geosystems of the territory, consisting of the sum of the areas of individual functional zones and the ratio of existing and planned natural and anthropogenic components to territories suitable for expanding green zones. We constructed cartographic models reflecting the differentiation of the territory of urbanized geosystems. Also, we identified areas with negative index values, where it is impossible (or minimally possible) to “green” the territory due to the high density of existing anthropogenic geosystems. Low positive indexes (from 0 to 0.5) refer to urban landscapes that are relatively suitable for planting trees and shrubs. The closer the positive value of the indicator is to 1, the higher the potential for recreational zones development, and the lower the existing anthropogenic load of a set of technogenic subsystems. Calculation of index values for the studied cities showed significant differences in the planning structure, spatial and temporal development of infrastructure, and the relief of the Volgograd and Orenburg urban landscapes.
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The study was carried out as part of the research plan of IS UB RAS No. AAAA-A17-117012610022-5.
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Dubrovskaya, S.A., Ryakhov, R.V., Pavleychik, V.M. (2023). The Comfort Potential and Development Prospects of Cities in the Steppe Zone of Russia Using the Index Method. In: Maximova, S.G., Raikin, R.I., Chibilev, A.A., Silantyeva, M.M. (eds) Advances in Natural, Human-Made, and Coupled Human-Natural Systems Research. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 250. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78083-8_4
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