The ecological resource of an urbanized territory

Abstract

The urbanization process is accompanied by the growth of cities and an increase in their population. Modern cities are highly complex systems that comprise material and non-material elements of life of urban residents. The development of the urban economy shapes the demand for housing and utility services. Consumer requirements have changed over the years. The aspect of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources from the standpoint of the biosphere approach is to ensure the environmental safety of residential areas in urbanized territories.
 The analysis of statistical information and analytical reviews, available in the open-access sources, is carried out in the context of (1) the housing construction in the subjects of the Russian Federation, (2) ensuring the quality of the urban environment in the regions, (3) satisfaction of the local population with the living conditions in a quarter and in a city. The emphasis is placed on the volume and pace of construction of residential apartment buildings in the Russian cities from 2019 to 2021, consumer requirements for apartments, houses, and landscaping.
 The ecological resource of an urbanized territory represents the rate and quality of the housing construction, including urban planning, volumetric planning, constructive and technological solutions, as well as the current state of the urban economy, including the volume and quality of housing and utility services provided to the population.
 A system of parameters for calculating the ecological resource of residential areas is proposed for discussion, including the estimated indicators of the results of urban planning activities at the stages of the life cycle of a territory and the underground, surface and above-surface facilities that it accommodates. Macro-level design includes the accommodation and construction of permanent construction facilities, linear facilities and their infrastructure; the landscaping of the territory, as an element of the “green” urban framework; a system for handling solid municipal, bulky and hazardous waste. The micro-design is an ecological resource at the level of structural elements of a residential zone, it encompasses a residential area, a micro-district, a block, a complex.