City planning issues for sustainable development

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of sustainability and sustainable development aimed on creation of modern, eco-friendly, human urban environment and equally fair socially, economically and environmentally. It focuses on city planning as a particular scientific discipline. The authors adapt sustainability concept to the needs and musts of sustainable development of urban settlements introducing techno-genic impact as a component part of sustainability model and propose an innovative methodology of plan-making, based on a set of common general requirements and principles for sustainability and allowing both creative flexibility and participation of decision-makers and citizens on local level. Article gives a comprehensive review of each focused planning issue for every considered area from the sustainable development concept point of view, define their role in creating a comfortable living environment, formulate conditions and make suggestions for their implementation for economic, cultural and environmental development of the urban territories. Such approach permits creating partially or completely the urban environment that meets the needs of its users as well as provisioning of the background for potential development, serving as the basis and guide for action.