URBAN PLANNING METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE DESTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS AFFECTED BY HOSTILITIES

Abstract

This article discusses the task of developing an urban planning methodology for assessing the degree of destruction of residential areas aff ected by hostilities in Syrian cities. This methodology will be the basis for the theoretical substantiation of the process of restoration the destroyed residential areas of the cities and their functional planning organization in the context of ongoing military confl icts. The research is based on the methodology for assessing the degree of destruction of buildings presented in GOST R 42.2.01-20141 « Civil defense. Assessment of the state of potentially dangerous facilities, defense and security facilities under the infl uence of damaging factors of conventional weapons» .The state of the buildings destruction is determined using satellite imagery as well as fi eld tests. The parameters of the damaging factors are determined analytically. The developed methodology makes it possible to determine the degree of destruction of residential areas within the radius of destruction formed by the excess pressure of the blast wave and the explosives used and to assess the suitability for recovery in the context of continued hostilities. On the basis of the established degree of destruction of residential areas, a scheme of urban planning zoning of the residential area of Homs was made.