HOW TO REGENERATE THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT OF RUSSIAN CITIES: PARTICIPATION AND REGULATION TOOLS
The historical environment of Russian cities is in decline. Buildings are regularly demolished; the territory of old centers is reduced. Neither experts nor the authorities have an idea of how to preserve and develop the historical parts of cities. Meanwhile, foreign and partly Russian practice allows us to highlight the tools for the regeneration of the historical environment. They were discussed at the 9th International Forum “Urban Growth and Preservation of Heritage along the Eurasian Corridor (Silk Road)” in Samara (October 2017) by Russian experts in the field of architecture, urban planning and urban studies. These are, firstly, instruments of participation (participatory design and participatory budgeting), and secondly, regulatory instruments (master plan, zoning, an instrument that protects groups of environmental objects, and a historical settlement that allows you to comprehensively regulate the entire historical center with its environmental objects, not just monuments). The article also considers the impact of social capital on the development of the urban environment and discusses which principles of the historical quarter can be applied in modern design.