TASKS OF URBAN PLANNING TRANSFORMATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL ZONES
The article touches upon the issues of urban planning transformations, which is due to economic realities and the state of the space- planning frame of the city. The territorial growth of cities in the 60s of the last century led to the creation of suburban areas, most of them are monofunctional residential areas with “moderate” urban centers and typical green areas. However, modern society requires the creation of new territories with multilayered public and business zones, residential units, educational institutions, needs to form an understandable and acceptable environment for all social and age groups. Reconstruction of territories is currently carried out mainly according to individual projects developed on the basis of plans for the development of urban areas in general and in strict accordance with zoning plans. How to organize this process for the city painlessly, what functions are needed to be foreseen and how to determine all pros and cons of the planned changes - the issues that city authorities, urban planners and developers face today everywhere, including all over the post-Soviet space and the Republic of Armenia in particular. For reveal the topic of transformation of functional zones, the article gives the examples of the urban planning experience of the USA, Germany and France.