Analysis of methods for environmental assessment of urban project solutions

The unfavorable ecological situation in cities and the need for ecological assessment of urban space are considered. The determination of the environmental assessment method is done. The existing methods for assessing the environmental friendliness of urban planning solutions have been studied. Evaluation categories of standards in percentage terms are analyzed. Features and priority areas of rating systems are identified. The author's concept of ecological assessment of urban areas is proposed. To achieve the greatest environmental friendliness of the urban space, a number of sustainable solutions should be laid in the system of the whole city (at the macro level), followed by the development of ecosolutions for individual sections (meso, microlevels), which must be more clearly defined in the emerging Russian standards.