Concept of Ecologization of Urban Construction in Conditions of an Adverse Epidemiological Situation

Abstract

At present, environmental problems are especially relevant. The COVID-19 pandemic raises awareness of the state about the environment and its impact on people living in the cities and about improving urban construction. The purpose of the article is to determine the measures necessary to form the concept of greening of urban construction in an unfavorable epidemiological situation. The basic information of the article is comprised of regulatory documents regulating the urban planning sphere and environmental protection, statistical data on the relationship between the ecological situation and the quality of life of the population in the countries of the world, data from a sociological survey of young people in order to identify the level of awareness of the population about the ecological state of the region and the quality of urban construction.The article discusses the idea of creating eco-cities. It is concluded that it is necessary to legally consolidate the concept of «eco-city», the authors offer their own interpretation of it. Special attention is drawn to the particular importance of the environmental friendliness of people's thinking and a number of environmental-oriented recommendations are given that should be taken into account in the integrated development of territories. The study has shown that legislative consolidation of «eco-city» concept will simplify the process of implementation of programs aimed at greening of cities and integrated development of territories which is an essentially significant factor, taking into account the current environmental problems and the epidemiologic situation.