Past, Present and Future of Settlements whose Development is Associated with the Mineral Resource Extraction (a Case Study of Kuzbass)

Subject: urban development in Russia does not fully ensure the sustainable development of the territories of settlements, the formation of which is associated with mining activity. In this research, we present modern solutions to the current urban development situation: recultivation, renovation, revitalization. Research objectives: identify features of the analysis and accounting of territorial-construction resource during the mining period and after completion of mining, which characterize the conditions for sustainable development of territories. Materials and methods: open cartographic sources, urban planning documents and state statistical information are analyzed. General scientific methods (including historical retrospective and comparative analysis) and a special interdisciplinary geoinformation system method are used. Results: we compiled cartographic schemes of the historical retrospective of the condition of Kuzbass settlements over a period of more than 150 years since the beginning of industrial coal mining and a cartographic scheme of resource features of the subsoil of Kuzbass region (coal). We systematized the collocation of settlements, their zones of influence and territories damaged as a result of coal mining activities within the existing built-up area inside the urban boundaries of the coal mining area. We developed schemes, formulas and conditions that take into account the peculiar properties of the territorial-construction resource (TCR) in the coal mining areas during and after completion of coal mining. Conclusions: the results of the study supplement the knowledge of organization of urban planning for the development of settlement groups in the mining areas at the pre-project stage. These results ensure adoption of new functional and technological solutions, taking into account the historically developed settlement system based on TCR within urban boundaries (for example, a typological territorial object is the coal mining area), and contribute to the justification and promotion of urban policies aimed at the sustainable development of territories with mineral deposits.