ABSTRACT
The ecological capacity of the natural landscape will determine the scale and direction of urban development of any territory in the XXI century. The purpose of the research: to develop an urban planning model of ecologically balanced settlement in the conditions of unique natural landscapes. For this purpose, we used methods of spatial grid overlay, which in this case implies the overlay of the grid of the ecological framework on the framework of settlement, while applying a systematic approach that is, considering the territory as a system at three large-scale levels (Federal, regional and municipal). Results: the area of natural territories disturbed and not disturbed by economic activity is calculated, the basis for the formation of an ecological framework and a settlement framework is proposed, which together with urban planning and environmental regulations makes up the urban planning model for the environmentally balanced development of the southern part of Siberia.
