Territorial planning of lviv-volyn coalfield: History and prospects

Abstract

Purpose. Determination of the peculiarities of territorial planning of the coal mining regions by the example of the LvivVolyn coal basin. Definition of the main factors of influence on the formation of urbanized settlement systems, their centers with an appropriate presentation of them in district planning and general plans of cities and settlements. Methodology. The method of retrospective analysis of urban planning documentation based on materials of district planning and general plans of cities and settlements on coal mining areas of the LvivVolyn coal basin was applied, which allowed establishing phases of the formation of urbanized areas of the mining industry from the time of its establishment to the present time. The planning of the Volyn and Chervonohrad industrial districts is described: the first one as a separate industrial territory of the Volyn region, and the second one - in the conditions of the ChervonohradSokal agglomeration. The circumstances of restructuring of enterprises in the mining industry of the region and environmental problems are considered. findings. Factors influencing the territorial planning in the current socioeconomic conditions of the crisis phenomenon in the coal industry due to the nonprofitability of the mines, their closure, the growth of unemployment, as well as the critical ecological status of the mining territory are determined. The role of the economic base, a priority component of the coal industry, which determines the future development of the area, is emphasized. A complex approach to solving the problems of prospective development of territories and settlements, as well as the formation of a powerful fuel and energy complex based on the mines of the LvivVolyn coal basin and Dobrotvir ThEC is proposed. This will facilitate the restructuring and investment attractiveness of the enterprises of the coal industry, technological modernization of the mines, as well as stimulate the transformation of this region into a polyfunctional one with the formation of different enterprises and new activities. originality. New approaches to territorial planning within the administrative districts, agglomerations, cities and settlements based on strategic plans of enterprise restructuring, integrated planning, ecological rehabilitation of territories, land use structure and social basis of planning are determined. Practical value. The directions of optimal prospective development of territories and settlements are designated through reorganization of prospective coal enterprises in the context of their competitiveness on the basis of cooperation of coal and energy industries, formation of enterprises of other industries, promotion of medium and small businesses, solving of environmental problems, and improvement of living conditions and activities of people.