Landscape Democracy 2015 Working Group G - Case Study 3

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' The confluence of Volga and Oka, Bor's riverside, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia '

Place name	The confluence of Volga and Oka
Location	Bor's riverside, Nizhny Novgorod,
Country	Russia
Author(s)	Elena Gorbacheva

Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar?

The topic of the confluence between two great rivers goes out of the scale of daily landscape, however that place was a foundation for the whole city and raise up democracy issues from different points of view. The main objectives of the case study are the contrast between landscape on different sides of the river and identifying levers for landscape development.

Left river side:

Rural flat land wthout development and human impact. The steppe extends for hundreds kilometers. Futuristic projects like «Globe Town» have been never realised on this unoccupied area.

Right river side:

Denced urban structure, mixed used: mass housing, important harbor, new stadiim project. new underground development, 6th biggest church in Russia as signinficant cultural object, former biggest Fair, large shopping centers, former techinical exibition territory'

Representation of your observations

• Observations
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  case representation page 1

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  case representation page 2

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  Russian Fair

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  GPS track mapping

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  recently discovered Shuhovs Warehouses

Reflection

The major challenges for changing the situation

• Belonging of the riverside
• Forgiven significant historica background
• Infrastructural issue
• Lack of quality of public spaces and pedastrian ways
• Enviromental issues
• Self-distrust of citizens in their responsibilities
• Non-democraticall corrupted system which produse dences unsustainably from any point mass housing development

Starting point for democratically based change

• Public discussions about development projects can be compiled with personal envolment, professional initiatives and government support.

Stakeholder Mapping of Volga Riverside

• Stakeholder Map
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  Stakeholder Map

Change Scenario

Look at the various methods and tools available and think how they can be applied creatively. Think about the needs of different stakeholder groups - you may need a methodical mix to address them all. Visualize a scenario illustrating how these methods/tools can be applied within an imagined time frame

• Change Scenario
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  Change Scenario

Cross cutting theme

Identify a cross-cutting theme/topic between the cases of your group and write a short reflection on it (approx. 150 words)

Concluding reflections

Reflect on your case and your change model. Potentials? Limitations? (approx. 150 words)

References

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