Ilchenko D. Principles of Donbass urban landscaping systems formation

The thesis is devoted to the problem of urban landscaping systems formation for coal-mining regions, thoroughly cleaved with disturbed territories. The conducted analysis of current condition of urban landscaping systems and their structural elements in 16 cities of the Donbass have resulted in determination of characteristic types of planning schemes of their landscaping systems. The factors, affecting functioning and development of urban landscaping systems of Donbass, have been established. The conditions of functional planning and compositional interaction between structural elements of urban landscaping systems with disturbed areas have been studied. The external and internal factors, which determine the choice of disturbed areas for their use in functional planning structure of the urban landscaping systems, have been defined. The following principles of urban landscaping systems of Donbass are established and substantiated: the principle of spatial unity, the principle of functional ecologization, the principle of historical identity, the principle of investment attractiveness. The basic approaches to the organization of urban landscaping elements on the disturbed territories have been set. The recommendations concerning the formation of Donbass urban landscaping systems with the inclusion of disturbed territories in their structure have been developed.