HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUILDING REGULATION IN EUROPEAN CITIES IN ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES

Authors

  • V.M. Pravdyuk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33216/2218-5461/2025-50-2-289-298

Abstract

The article а holistic analysis of the
development of urban planning regulation in a
historical perspective is extremely important. The
article analyzes the historical development of the main
schemes for planning the development of European
cities. The features of urban development in ancient
times according to the Hippodamian system are
studied. The decline of European cities after the
collapse of the Western Roman Empire and new
principles of urban development and development in
the Middle Ages are indicated. During the Middle
Ages, the city was primarily a territory where a person
could receive protection, therefore the key limiting line
of development was the city wall. The reasons and
features of the main development schemes
(rectangular, radial, multi-core, etc.) are considered.
The impact of fires on the emergence of the first acts of development regulation in cities is analyzed.

Keywords: history, development, administrative law, history of Europe, history of development regulation, history of cities, urban planning.

Author Biography

V.M. Pravdyuk

Кандидат юридичних наук, докторант Сумського державного університету

Published

12.09.2025

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