GENETIC CODE OF THE CITY

Abstract

Advances in genetics as a science have led the authors to believe that its methods and approaches can be used in urban research and in justifying decisions on spatial organization and urban development. Using the theoretical and methodological tools of genetics revealed the content of the phenomenon of "genetic top" in urban planning and urban development: understood the key provisions of genetics as a science of heredity – the origin and evolution of organisms, substantiated their feasibility for research on urban history and modern cities; the peculiarities of the genetic method for the study of cities and the role of the phenomenon of heredity for their future are determined. The genetic method is presented as a kind of genetic and aimed at studying the phenomena of development not only in time but also in space, determining the transitions from lower forms of organization of territories (places, settlements) to higher – extremely complex urban systems. It covers: the establishment of initial conditions and the origin of the organism, its main stages, main trends and lines (mutations, modifications) of development. On the example of the city of Lviv the application of certain tools for in-depth understanding of the processes of origin and evolution of the city is revealed. The set of "genes" of the city – spiritual-religious, behavioral-activity and psychological-mental in their various combinations, which form the genotype of the city as connections "man–territory–space–time". It has been confirmed that the city’s genetics (genetic space) is rooted in the past, connected with people, the energy of the Earth and the Universe. "Genetic" research shows that inherited urban differences are a factor that determines urban individuality throughout development, should be taken into account in both research and spatial organization and development of urban systems. The article only initiates certain provisions to substantiate the theory of urban genetics. Future research will determine the evidence in support of the formulated provisions or refute them as false.