Settlement formation along the Angara river (mid 17th and early 21st centuries)

Purpose: Identification of possible settlement formation along the Angara River in the Irkutsk agglomeration at different formation stages and its urban development.Design/methodology/approach: A number of outlined important tasks include the description of each formation stage of settlement with respect to natural resources, urban planning, transport and socio-economic potential; identification of problems and key points of the spatial development of the existing settlement system; solutions of the identified problems. Urban-ecological principles developed by A.G. Bolshakov are used together with the literature in the field.Research findings: The considered existing planning system includes transport, economic and landscape-ecological facilities.Practical implications: The paper suggests possible ways to solve the identified problems.Originality/value: The mentioned facilities can serve as a basis for the settlement formation and spatial development.