Integration of industrial territories into the urban environment

Industrial territories have high town-planning potential, their renovation and revitalization improve town-planning, ecological, visual and other characteristics, the cities allow creating an organic architectural and landscape environment. The question of reorganization of the urban environment by renovation of industrial territories came under the spotlight at the end of the XX century. Now this subject is actively investigated in the works by many authors of Europe and Russia. Especially it belongs to questions of a complete solution of problems of industrial territories with the objects adjoining the central part of the city and also research of the questions issues connected with influence of industrial facilities on formation of architectural and spatial composition of the city. At the same time identification of ways of harmonization and development of the urban environment by renovation of industrial territories is one of relevant tasks when forming the concept of sustainable development of the city. In the article the issue of integration of the abandoned industrial territories into the urban environment is considered. Several directions of adaptation of industrial heritage to a modern context of the city are offered.