Comprehensive assessment of development potential of Argun urban district

2 October, 2023 – 1 February, 2024
Argun, Chechen Republic

The study is aimed at assessing the spatial development and systemic analysis of the current socio-economic situation of the City of Argun urban district. The analysis will help to come up with scenarios for territorial development, taking into account infrastructure, economic, demographic and historical and cultural factors. Detailed analysis is a way to identify the problems of the territory, as well as growth points that will be reflected in the master plan.

Territory

Argun is a city of republican subordination and a satellite of the city of Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic. In 2009, Argun was granted the status of an urban district. In 2019, the rural settlements of Chechen-Aulskoye, Primykanie and Berdykelskoye became part of the territory of the urban district. The population is 63,507 people, and a large number of teips belonging to various Chechen societies live in the settlements of the urban district. The district has an advantageous position in terms of proximity to key transport arteries of the Caucasus, and industrial centers of the food and construction industries have historically formed on the territory.

Comprehensive assessment of development potential of Argun urban district includes several stages. Each stage is based on the features and characteristics of the territory, and also takes into account the materials received during the kick-off visit to the city of Argun.


Research stages

Stage 1. Comprehensive evaluation of development potential

Analysis of the current state, and determination of prerequisites for the development of the urban district:

  • overview of the current status, including problems, potentials and limitations on the development of the territory;
  • analysis of landscape, geographical and climatic conditions;
  • analysis of historical and cultural prerequisites for development of the urban district.

Analysis of strategic priorities and main directions of socio-economic and urban development of the city.

Analysis of socio-economic development of the urban district:

  • analysis of socio-economic development of the urban district;
  • analysis of the socio-demographic situation;
  • analysis of the city economy;
  • assessment of the potential for development of industrial production;
  • assessment of socio-cultural aspects of the urban district development;
  • analysis of the tourist potential.

Environmental analysis.

Spatial analysis of city development:

  • analysis of the current state of cultural heritage sites;
  • analysis of the current state of key public spaces of the state and characteristics of the natural and recreational framework;
  • analysis of the transport service system and transport infrastructure facilities;
  • analysis of the current state and data on the planned development of engineering infrastructure facilities.

Identification of the territory’s development potential.

Stage 2. Creation of a vision for long-term development of the urban district, including:

  • principles of city development;
  • mission of the city – the role of the city in accordance with the structure of its economy, contribution to the economy of the region and the country, place in the settlement pattern of the region and the country, as well as the values and needs of residents;
  • image of the future – a visual and descriptive presentation of the desired result of the master plan implementation;
  • goals and objectives of development, and development KPIs.


Stage 3. Preparation of a preliminary scenario for integrated development

The final stage is aimed at forming the key idea, preparing a preliminary scenario for the integrated development of the urban district and defining the objectives of the master plan.

A systemic approach helps to define the conditions for implementing a preliminary scenario for the integrated development of the City of Argun urban district until 2035, as a potential satellite city of Grozny.

Photo: Andrey Arestov / lori.ru

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