ИСТИНА

The major purpose of complex landscape–geoecological studies was recognition of landscape–ecological potential of the Moscow area for land-use planning. Measures required for balanced and efficient development of the city area for comfortable life of population, nature protection and objects of cultural heritage, taking into account relationships between Moscow and Moscow Region, are proposed. An important feature of the Moscow Region is the fact that throughout its history it developed against a background of traditional Russian urban-planning culture as an integral cultural–natural system. Therefore, one of the main tasks of city-planning in Moscow within its new borders is conservation of both united landscape system and integrated historical and cultural space. The theoretical foundation of studies is the concept of landscape planning based on objectively existing local and regional physiographic differentiation, landscape structure, and functional zonation of the territory, which takes into account spatial distribution of landscapes and various grounds differing in special-purpose destination and use. A means for resolution of this problem is landscape mapping displaying differentiation of terrain and limiting factors of city-planning development. A series of original 1 : 50000 scale maps for the entire Moscow area is produced for the first time; it includes «Landscape Map of Moscow» and «Map of the Nature Conservation Framework,» maps of landscape–historical grounds and complexes, summary analytical maps of "City-planning” and «Modern Landscapes.» Proposition for efficient use of the Moscow area and disposition of objects of capital construction taking into account landscape conservation purposes are developed.