IRKUTSK CENTRAL PART RIVERSIDE AREA PLANNING ORGANIZATION PROBLEMS
Article treats a relevant problem of the planning organization of urban riverside areas. According to the changes in the article 65 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation town-planning conflict situations and gross violations of the law on riverside territories are discussed. Considerable part of water protective zone of the central part of Irkutsk is occupied with industrial territories with municipal and warehouse facilities, private housing, objects of automobile and railway transport. Industrial, municipal and warehouse zones feature the absence of planning and functional organization and spontaneous growth. According to the main development trends of riverside areas, their functional purpose as well as economic, social and ecological resource in city planning structure is discussed.