Gradation of industrial territories

Abstract

Gradation of industrial territories is an urgent problem for boroughs located near industries of this type as developed mineral deposits. It is particularly relevant for «factory-type» settlements in the Urals, where historically industrial settlements developed together and on the basis of mining and metallurgical industries, often having common borders. After decades and, sometimes, centuries, the justified and safe use of these territories causes serious problems due to fragmentation and lack of information about their condition. The article presents development of a method for displaying information about the character and degree of undermined industrial territories; the information is needed to justify questions about the involvement of such territories in economic use. The problem is solved using the Geoinformatic methods, which provides a reasonable approach to solving the problem of safe involvement in economic activities undermined industrial territories