Results (
Thai) 2:
[Copy]Copied!
Revised Master Plan of Baku in 2005
Today, there are 69 cities in the Azerbaijan Republic, one of which is the biggest, Baku; 2 big - Gyandja and Sumgait; 6 medium-sized - Ali-Bayramly, Mingechevir, Nakhchivan, Lenkoran, Sheki and Yevlakh; 60 small. 9 administrative regions are presently under Armenian occupation. They include 12 towns, 7 urban settlements and about 670 villages. Typical features of modern functional and planning structure of settlements, which reflect evolution of Azerbaijani cities are as follows:
Irregular urbanization process and mono-centrism of its manifestation on Absheron peninsula. Note that on 6% of countries territory there is 55% of urban population, to say nothing of the huge number of refugees from Armenia and internally displaced persons;
Sharp disproportion in the level of city development and urban settlements network.
A great quantity of urban settlements, which makes it no possible to build new urban settlements;
Comparatively high density of rural population distribution and a considerable number of rural settlements (4250 units) and urban settlements (130 units) contribute to the development of agglomerative forms of settlement in the zones of influence of small and medium-sized towns
For the success of town planning activity in the region of Baku and other cities of the country, it is essential to pursue a concerted policy of the development of state and private sectors, realize an appropriate town planning concept, and exercise the right to manage urban territory within the framework of a specific zone.
A hallmark of town planning activity in Azerbaijan under current market relations is a formation of housing and immovable markets, changes in the role of customer, builder, designer and city administration. From now on, architectural projects, town planning designs and urban building development programs cannot be realized at the expense of state investments only. Also, a range of the participants of town planning process is expanded; their powers are ecentralized, new organization forms of town planning projects realization emerge, including corporations of territory development, business zones and partnerships. Note that under traditional "Socialist" projecting the population was regarded as passive consumer of social welfare. Today, design activity is largely oriented toward potential customers and investors. Thus, groups of consumers have been substituted for groups of clients, which, in turn, offer other attitudes to town planning activity.
Being translated, please wait..
