TRADE-ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS IN UKRAINE: HUMAN-GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH ASPECTS

Mezentseva N., Bura T.

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract:

Spatial-time analysis of the trade-entertainment centers functioning in Kyiv is carried out. Contemporary features, belts and sectors of the trade-entertainment centers in Kyiv are revealed. Location of the trade-entertainment centers in Ukrainian cities is analyzed, and regional peculiarities of location are determined. Based on correlation analysis, the main factors of trade-entertainment centers’ location in Ukrainian cities are defined. The peculiarities of perception of trade-entertainment centers as public spaces are revealed. Historical features and modern directions of the malls development in Kyiv are characterized.

Keywords:

trade-entertainment center, region, factors, territorial differences, concentration

Language:

ukrainian

DOI: http://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2014.62.10

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Suggested citation:

Mezentseva, N., Bura, T. (2014). Тrade-entertainment centers in Ukraine: human-geographical research aspects. Visnyk Kyivskogo natsionalnogo universytetu, Geografiya [Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Geography], 1 (62), 41-45 (in Ukrainian, abstr. in English).