ECOLOGICAL-GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING IN URBAN DESIGN: NEED, FORMALITY OR OPTIONALITY?
The issues of ecological data accounting in town design are discussed. The specific schemes of spatial planning are used for reasoning the necessity to construct ecological maps based on the data contained in the information systems for urban planning (ITUP) and for designing spatial analysis outcomes. The problems arisen at the development of spatial planning schemes in case of formal approach to environmental issues are analyzed. It is proposed to put ecological maps into a list of mandatory documents on urban planning.