Mapping the territorial growth of the city of Kazan in the 21st century

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-3-31-292-305

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About the Authors

Stepan S. Doronin

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University,
18, Kremlyovskaya str., Kazan, 420008, Russia,
E-mail: stepan.doronin.0101@mail.ru

Guzel R. Safina

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University,
18, Kremlyovskaya str., Kazan, 420008, Russia,
E-mail: safina27@mail.ru

Victoria A. Fedorova

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University,
18, Kremlyovskaya str., Kazan, 420008, Russia,
E-mail: fva_14@mail.ru

Abstract

Many modern cities are characterized by the tendency to increase their areas, which is caused by the rising needs and the challenges of sustaining them within existing urban limits. The increase of the area is an inevitable process during the evolution of any city, it continues up to a certain stage of its development. The aim of the work is to study the dynamics of boundaries and area of Kazan city for the period 2000–2023 as part of its urban development, as well as to determine the qualitative characteristics of the changed territories. Using high-resolution space imagery, multi-temporal cartographic material, normative-legal acts on transformation and boundary changes, maps were created to represent the city’s boundaries as of 2000, 2007, and 2023, allowing for the assessment of the scale of boundaries and area changes. The studied periods are characterized by multidirectional changes in the area of the city: the period 2000–2007 is characterized by an increase, the period 2007–2023 — decrease. From 2000 to 2023, as a result of administrative transformations in the city limits were included territories of 19 183.58 ha, and withdrawn 2 417.03 ha. In total, the city area increased by 16 760.1 ha, which is 39.5 %. Data of visual image interpretation and National Spatial Data System allowed to define functional zones of the annexed territories, which are represented by recreational, special and residential zones. The lands belonging to the recreational zone prevail among the territories removed from the city limits. The analysis of spatial territorial development of the city has shown that Kazan is characterized by perimeter expansion of its boundaries (except for the water area of the Kuibyshev Reservoir).

Keywords

urbanization, city, mapping, urban sprawl, space images

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For citation: Doronin S.S., Safina G.R., Fedorova V.A. Mapping the territorial growth of the city of Kazan in the 21st century. InterCarto. InterGIS. Moscow: MSU, Faculty of Geography, 2025. V. 31. Part 3. P. 292–305. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2025-3-31-292-305 (in Russian)