ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES: THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCE OF FORMING

Kononenko O.

Taras Shevchenko National University of Кyiv, Кyiv, Ukraine

Abstract:

In the article the essence and main characteristics of Eco-Cities are highlited. The main types of Eco-Cities in Europe, China, the Middle East and other countries are revealed. The basic ways of Ecological Development of Cities are determined. The basic environmental problems of cities in Ukraine are identified. The opportunities of use of international practices in conducting of regional environmental policy are determined. The normative legal documents and measures concerning the sustainable development of urban settlements in Ukraine are analyzed.

Keywords:

Eco-City, green economy, sustainable development, strategy of urban development, city restructuring

Language:

ukrainian

DOI: http://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2014.62.5

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Suggested citation:

Kononenko, O. (2014). Environmental development of cities: theoretical approaches and experience of forming. Visnyk Kyivskogo natsionalnogo universytetu, Geografiya [Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Geography], 1 (62), 22-25 (in Ukrainian, abstr. in English).