Features of Spatial Transformation Agglomerations (on the Example Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar)

Abstract

This publication is about the study of urban agglomerations (Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar). The purpose of this work was, on the one side, to study the features of the transformation of urban spaces based on a comprehensive comparative geographical analysis, and on the other side, to generalize and structure the previously obtained results, as the promotion of scientific ideology. In the during of the study, geoinformation mapping methods were widely used, which provide great opportunities for detecting spatial changes. As a result of the study, based on a comparative geographical analysis of urban agglomerations, both common similar features and problems, as well as specific features that have a significant impact on the transformation of the urban environment, have been identified. Other things being equal, the metropolitan agglomeration has financial, social, economic, logistical op- portunities than the regional one, as a result of which they have different rates and ways of further development. The comparative analysis carried out and the results obtained will be useful and interesting for finding new ways, algorithms for solving common problems.