Abstract

Urban population growth is a trend of industrial society. According to the annual UN reports on the rate of urbanization of countries in 2007, the urban population became equal to the rural population in the world and continues to increase. As a result, following the population growth and the growth of cities. Development planning of urban areas is a complicated and important task, requiring the solution of a number of social issues: the optimization of the location of municipal facilities, improve the quality of life of citizens, the formation of leisure and recreational areas, the formation of the urban landscape and design, the formation of zones of residential development, the transport infrastructure, street and road network with minimal impact on the environment, placement of objects of social sphere, development of suburban areas. Compaction of the development of modern Russian cities, with narrow streets and often no sidewalks, makes the task of reducing the level of environmental safety in megacities difficult, and in some cases impossible. On the other hand, urban areas are constantly increasing due to the introduction of new districts, residential areas and cottage settlements, which requires taking into account the level of environmental safety at the planning stage of their development.

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