The effect of railway network evolution on the Kaliningrad region's landscape environment

Abstract: This article addresses methodology of modern landscape studies from the perspective of natural and man-made components of a territory. Railway infrastructure is not only an important system-building element of economic and settlement patterns; it also affects cultural landscapes. The study of cartographic materials and historiography made it possible to identify the main stages of the development of the Kaliningrad railway network in terms of its territorial scope and to describe causes of the observed changes. Historically, changes in the political, economic, and military environment were key factors behind the development of the Kaliningrad railway network. Nature was less important. The existing Kaliningrad railway network is to a great degree the legacy of the earlier, pre-war times. Today, its primary function is to provide international cargo and passenger transportation. Two types of railway infrastructure are identified in the Kaliningrad region - modern (functioning) and r

Object Details

• Alternative title: Отражение эволюции железнодорожной сети в ландшафтной среде Калининградской области
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Baltic Region (2015) 4 ; 137-149

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2015
• Creator: Romanova, Elena ; Vinogradova, Olga ; Kretinin, Gennady ; Drobiz, Mikhail

Further information

• DOI: 10.5922/2074-9848-2015-4-11
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51411-4
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:28 AM CEST