Abstract:
In the conditions of violation of the optimal balance of artificial and natural components of the urban environment due to various types of human activity, the need to harmonize the urban space is determined. One of the harmonization methods is architectural and landscape reconstruction of urban areas, which involves a targeted increase in their natural
[...] Load More potential through structural reorganization. The purpose of this study was to improve the spatial and typological structure of anthropogenic landscapes. The ambiguities of approaches in the formulation of the content of the urban landscape concept and synonymization with the definition of the «residential landscape» have been revealed. With the use of the morphological method of cognition and content analysis, the essential content of the urban landscape has been clarified, taking into account the determination of structural elements and functional purpose of landscape areas, features of the transformation of vertical and horizontal structure of natural territorial complexes, and historical factors of landscape architecture development. Based on the literature review, the ambiguity of typologization of landscape areas and urban landscapes has been determined. The primary qualitative and quantitative taxonomic units of urban landscape classification have been identified using the deductive method of generalization. A multi-stage typological in-depth identification of urban landscapes has been developed and argued based on the clarification of the functional dependence between their types and transition from one type to another in the process of development, natural components, and boundaries of urban landscapes, landscape forming factors, and morphological structure and sustainability. The transformation of climatic parameters of water and air flows in urban landscapes, its general features, and zonal specificity have been analyzed and generalized. The advantages and prospects of using territorial zones as territories with the homogeneous genetic anthropogenic type of relief for the active development of architectural and landscape reconstruction of cities have been substantiated. The development of territorial zones, as well as effective management of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of anthropogenic impacts, will contribute to the moderate anthropogenic load on the urban landscape. The functions performed in it will correspond to its natural properties and resource potential. The results of the scientific research will be useful for a more accurate understanding and presentation of the main categories of spatio-temporal design and improvement of the theoretical foundations of landscape architecture.
Keywords: urban landscape, landscape area, territorial zone, reconstruction, anthropogenic impact, classification.
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Region of the journal publication: Europe.
Indexing of the journal: Scopus (Q2); WoS (Social Sciences Citation Index).
Scientific field: Engineering/Environmental Science.