Analysis of the current state of multi-storey residential areas in the city of Dushanbe
The aim is to identify the parameters of inter-highway micro-district areas having a significant impact on the quality of the urban environment. A classification of the inter-highway areas of existing multi-storey building systems in Dushanbe was proposed according to the following urban development indicators: absolute (micro-district area, building area, total area of the housing stock, area of all floors of buildings and structures, population); relative (population density, housing stock density); specific (land-to-building ratio, building development density factor). The classification covering 36 micro-districts of the central area of the Dushanbe agglomeration was developed using the method of hierarchical clustering implemented in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. A dendrogram constructed using the method of intra-group connections showed that the existing development of Dushanbe features both problematic and problem-free inter-highway areas. Prob-lematic inter-highway areas are those micro-districts where the density of population and housing stock are overestimated in comparison with their values specified by the regulatory framework 1958–89 adopted across the entire USSR. Problem-free inter-highway areas are those micro-districts where the urban development indicators meet the regulatory requirements of both previous and mod-ern periods. The proposed classification of inter-highway areas in Dushanbe can be used as a con-ceptual and methodological basis for planning new housing construction in the sites under recon-struction and vacant sites.