QUANTITY AND QUALITY AS CATEGORIES OF URBAN PLANNING

Abstract

The dynamism, instability and poor predictability of today require changes and development of urban methodology, which should cover the entire methodological chain – from clarification of concepts, organization of tasks and information data of objects to methods of analysis, evaluation and justification of decisions, urban planning, project implementation and development management city and territory. Urban planning activity as a set of goals, priorities, restrictions, as well as the multiplicity of goals and criteria, dictates the need for multi-criteria analysis, assessment of spatial organization and justification of decisions. The categories of quantity and quality that are important to this activity are analyzed in time through the interplay of the human – conditions – functions – geometry – time dimensions. The methodology of urbanism in the context of the categories of quantity and quality was elaborated, their content was specified, the theoretical base and information system (characteristics and indicators) of the urban space were organized; practical recommendations, requirements and changes in methods, as well as applied methods of solving specific problems based on the investigated categories are substantiated. It has been confirmed that quantity and quality, although they characterize objects and phenomena from different sides, are closely connected and interdependent. The importance of improving the methodological culture of urbanists — systemic thinking, creative potential, and a set of knowledge, abilities, and skills for performing the functions of professional activity — is emphasized.