Prospects for sustainable development of the monofunctional town of dobrotvir (Ukraine)

Abstract

Here are considered the problems of development of the monofunctional cities of the power industry that were laid down in the second half of the 20th century. The main function of such cities at the time of foundation is to provide accommodation and household services to workers of a certain industrial complex. Today, with the preservation of the city-forming industrial production, such workers’ settlements are unattractive to the inhabitants. Taking as the example the town of Dobrotvir, Lviv region, there were outlined the problems of functioning the towns of such type and the tasks of its urban development. The influence of emissions of Dobrotvir thermal power plant (TPP) on the state of the environment pollution is assessed: atmospheric air and soils and the state of waste management. The necessity of complex investigations and environmental measures to reduce the negative impact of waste heaps on the environment is substantiated. At the same time, it is necessary to update the urban paradigm with the expansion of the functional structure of the town and the search for optimization of the town’s connections in the settlement system. The transition from monofunctionality is possible due to the development of complementary functions in terms of the resources and the natural environment.