A systems approach to urban infrastructure design

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  • Alexey Kozmin Siberian Urban Lab

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https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/89.2827

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2026-09-14

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No. 89 (2026): networks et cetera

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refereed articles

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Kozmin, A. (2026). A systems approach to urban infrastructure design. Project Baikal, 23(89), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/89.2827

Keywords:

systems approach, urbobiocenosis, urban infrastructure, blue-green infrastructure, integrated planning, climate adaptation

Abstract

Based on general systems theory and cybernetics, the article substantiates a systems approach to infrastructure design through the interaction of natural, artificial, and social subsystems. The author examines the problem of the regulatory and institutional gap between the development of conventional subsurface utility networks and the water-green framework in the Russian Federation. Drawing upon the methodology of systems engineering developed at MIT, the paper proposes the concept of urbobiocenosis as a model for the end-to-end synergetic optimization of urban environment elements. Practical recommendations are formulated to ensure resource efficiency and climate adaptation of life support systems in Siberian agglomerations.

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