Niemets, L; Husieva, N; Suptelo, O; Sehida, K; Kravchenko, K
In many cities of both Ukraine and the world, along with the historical center, a "gray zone" was formed from old buildings of different designation - industrial, commercial, housing, sociocultural, etc., which as a result of changing market conditions were unnecessary and have ceased to exist or are not working full power. Such territories are called "brownfields" and "greyfields" in foreign practice of urban development. They cause a number of problems in the functioning of urban spaces associated with negative environmental impact, disturbance of city-building proportions, production of hypertrophied transport streams, provoking social tensions, low economic efficiency, etc. In view of this, there is a need for the further use of brownfields and greyfields in urban economic activity with the revitalization of the surrounding urban space. The main strategies for the development of brownfields and greyfields, for today, are the conversion strategy and full refunctionalization. There are two possible ways within the framework of the conversion strategy - the reconstitution of their main functions (evolutionary conversion) and re-profiling (revolutionary conversion). Evolutionary conversion includes restoration, improvement of landscaping of the territory, reconstruction, introduction of innovative technologies, readaptation, modernization of abandoned objects, etc. Revolutionary conversion involves a shift in the specialization of abandoned objects. The strategy of full refunctionalization is carried out by refunctionalization of objects that are monuments of cultural heritage; environmental rehabilitation of the territory; the complete demolition of industrial and social objects and the use of the territory for other purposes. Specific strategies for refunctionalization are renovation, redevelopment, revitalization, remodeling of industrial and social objects, etc. For modern cities it is expedient to use combined strategies that will maximize the potential of each abandoned object. Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine and the eighth in Eastern Europe by population, one of the largest industrial, scientific, educational, commercial, tourist and cultural centers of Eastern Ukraine, an important transport and logistics center of Eastern Europe. Within the city there are dozens of brownfields and greyfields to date. The specific ways of revitalization of the abandoned territories of the city are offered, taking into account domestic and foreign experience, the existing social and industrial infrastructure of the city and the needs of urban residents in the services of urban infrastructure, following the main strategic goals of the development of Kharkiv, approved in the "Development strategy of the city of Kharkiv by 2020". Namely such as development of tourist, recreational, office-trade and logistic, educational and artistic, scientific-innovative, residential, production, sacred functions of abandoned territories, gentrification, etc. Copyright © 2018 International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA).