Spatial and resource development in creating a quality framework for the urban environment of the Donetsk People's Republic

Abstract

At the time of the actual collapse of Ukraine in 2014, the Donetsk and Lugansk regions together provided about 18 % of all industrial production in Ukraine, and the share of Donbass in the sale of industrial products of the country was higher than any other region.

Based on the Der Spiegel report, as a result of the events of 2014, the following crisis changes occurred in Donbass:

• - industry fell by 59 % in Donetsk region and by 85 % in Luhansk region. Production of coke and refined petroleum products decreased by 52.0 %, metallurgical products — by 28.3 %, engineering products — by 22.8 %, electricity, gas — by 18.8 %;


• - 69 of 93 coal mines have closed;


• - сonstruction in Donetsk region decreased by 37.5 %, in Luhansk region — by 42.4 %;


• - 40 thousand small enterprises went bankrupt;


• - more than half of the working population has lost their jobs and incomes.

By the end of 2023, the Ministry of Construction plans to restore 7,413 facilities on the territory of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhye regions, 151 of them will have to be built anew. In particular, 4,018 objects are apartment buildings, 39 of which will be built anew, and 238 individual housing construction facilities will also be restored. It is planned to restore 1,625 housing and communal services facilities, among which 78 will be built anew. 951 objects of social, cultural and household use will be restored, 27 will be built, and 7 objects of industrial and entrepreneurial activity will be restored. 402 infrastructure facilities are going to be repaired, 2 will be built from scratch. 68 administrative buildings will be restored, construction of new ones is not planned yet, 22 facilities will be improved. Buildings for 82 multifunctional centres will also be renovated, 7 will be built anew. In total, in the period from 2022 to 2025, there is a plan to restore and build 16,000 facilities during the implementation of a special infrastructure project of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation.

The authors assess the state of the problem of updating and reconstructing the existing urban development.