Transformation of the City Environment: Functional-Planning and Territorial Aspects

Abstract

Abstract The article discusses the functional planning and territorial aspects of the transformation of the city environment in Russian cities at the current stage of socio-economic development. Creating a comfortable city environment has been declared a strategic objective in Russia at the federal level since 2016. New standards of comfort affect the competitiveness of cities in the struggle for human capital and investment. The implementation of qualitative transformations of the city environment at the local level requires an understanding of the local urban context and the general directions of the territorial development of cities. The study is devoted to identifying the main directions of transformation of the city environment. Three main directions of transformation of the city environment are identified that allow cities to have a comfortable city environment. The study was conducted on the example of the Kazan agglomeration.