The university city phenomenon

Tomsk case analysis

Authors

  • Darya Chernikova National Research Tomsk State University
  • Vladimir Korenev Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
  • Kristina Maksimova Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

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https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/83.2509

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university city, scientific and technical potential, urban studies, urban development, innovations, human capital, sustainable development

Abstract

Nowadays, such factors of urban development and territorial competitiveness as investments in human capital and scientific research and development, i.e. knowledge embodied in intellectual potential and innovations, come to the fore. Based on this premise, the mission of the driving force and supporting territories of the development is assigned to university cities, where the scientific and educational complex performs a system-forming function. At the post-industrial stage of civilization development, factory cities are replaced by university cities and science cities. The key hypothesis of the article is that the scientific and technical potential of a city correlates with the degree of manifestation of the features and attributes of a university city.

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Chernikova, D., Korenev, V., & Maksimova, K. (2025). The university city phenomenon: Tomsk case analysis. Project Baikal, 22(83), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/83.2509

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2025-04-20

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No. 83 (2025): future of the past

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refereed articles

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