Analysis of urban development in the city of Marijampolė

Abstract

The urban general plans provide for relatively large areas for newly urbanized territories, which proves that urban development in cities, especially in larger ones, is taking place quite intensively. The main factors influencing such urban development are economic, social, demographic, and territorial. Another important enough factor proving the relevance of this topic is the attention of mass media when it comes to urban development issues, great dissatisfaction with irrational land use, chaotic development of suburban areas, and so on. The aim of this work is to perform analysis of urban development in the city of Marijampolė. The city of Marijampolė is the seventh largest city in Lithuania, which, according to the data of the Land Fund of January 1, 2017, occupy 16.90% of Marijampolė County and 1.15% of the Republic of Lithuania area. In the decisions of the general plan of the Republic of Lithuania, the city of Marijampolė is assigned to the second level - the regional center category A. This city needs the maintenance and renovation of the existing social and economic potential