As in other countries, urban and suburban development issues in Ukraine remain complex and controversial. On the one hand, the problem of excessive population concentration in large cities located in regions relatively far from hostilities is still unresolved. Most of such cities was showing unsustainability patterns during the prewar period. On the other hand, the rapid growth of the suburban areas often led to excessive pressure on the environment and urban infrastructure. Some attempts to regulate the relations between cities and suburban areas appeared after 2014 in the course of reforms and decentralization processes, but were not completed. Some contribution to improve urban and suburban planning has been made within the framework of European projects aimed at integrated development concepts delivery._x000D_
Today, the situation remains unstable and unpredictable due to the consequences of russian aggression and the displacement of large flows of people. It is also clear the post-war recovery will require and create opportunities for the widespread implementation of innovative planning approaches. The presentation, using the example of a few large Ukrainian agglomerations, will perform the analysis of problems and development approaches over the past decade, as well as the planning prospects based on sustainability and successful European cases._x000D_

Eugenia Maruniak, Sergyi Lisovsky
Institute of Geography, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

 
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