Cultural and landscape zoning in the North- West Russia
This research was conducted in the framework of cultural geography — a relatively recent field of geography. This article considers the problems of geographical study of cultural landscapes of the North-West Russia, which includes Saint Petersburg, the Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, and Kaliningrad regions. This article sets out to develop and test the methodology for historical and cultural zoning at the mesogeographical level. ...
Landscape structure of the coastal zone of the north-western part of Sevastopol
For the first time, data on the landscape structure of the coastal zone in the northwestern part of Sevastopol are presented. Landscape studies were conducted during the summer seasons from 2017 to 2024. A landscape map was created for both the terrestrial area and the marine waters....
Bottom landscapes on the underwater coastal slope at Cape Taran (south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea)
Based on underwater video footage and diver observations, along with previously obtained lithological data, four types of benthic landscapes have been identified on the section of the underwater coastal slope near Cape Taran. The high mosaic distribution of lithofacies and the varying degrees of macrophyte coverage of the seabed have been confirmed. The boulder-block pavement within ...
Ekaterinburg — Sverdlovsk — Ekaterinburg: the city image in the dynamics of a toponymic text
... ploshchadi starogo Ekaterinburga
[Streets and squares of old Yekaterinburg]. Ekaterinburg (in Russ.).
city image, toponymy, toponymic text, cultural semantic code, landscape-distinctive code, social-functional code, social-symbolic code, toponymic landscape, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk
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10.5922/2225-5346-2023-1-2
Attractiveness of landscapes as a factor in the development of recreational nature management of the Sambia Peninsula seashore
... years. A comprehensive approach to assessing the attractiveness of areas located in the "land—sea" contact zone is proposed, based on a component-wise evaluation method using 25 indicators that reflect the natural characteristics of coastal landscapes and the degree of their anthropogenic transformation. The methodology was tested on 31 sections of the Sambia Peninsula’s coastline. The analysis of their attractiveness revealed a predominance of areas with a high level of appeal (56.8 ...
Visual language of the city: a case study of the visual perception of third places (the case of Nizhny Novgorod)
... meaning-making—based on the interaction of various semiotic resources such as colour, imagery, graphic design, texture, and verbal signs—and on the reception and decoding of this mosaic of visually perceived signs by the audience. The visual landscape of the city is saturated with images and symbols that carry particular cultural and value-laden meanings for its inhabitants. Examining the temporal dimension of objects of material culture makes it possible to trace the connection between the ...
