Study on the Formation of Residential Planning Units in the Middle of XX — Early XXI Century: an Interpretive Review

The article analyzes the patterns of formation of residential planning units (microdistrict, neighborhood, community) based on the comparative retrospective analysis of their concepts formation. The article is based on the author's own on-site survey of the existing and new residential planning units, as well as on the analysis of theoretical sources. This study employs a chronological and critical analysis of the formation periods of the residential planning unit concepts, and undertakes a search for general patterns of their developmental transformations. Methodologically, the study will examine the topic material in the following order: the formation of concepts of residential planning units in the middle of the XX century; critical reinterpretation of the theoretical concepts of residential planning units in the late XX century; development of theoretical concepts of residential planning units in the early XXI century. Keywords—residential planning units; microdistrict; community; neighborhood; urban morphology; urban planning