The Republic of Belarus is located in the eastern part of Europe. Its neighbors are Russia to the east and central Europe to the south. Belarus is located at the crossroads of the major European communication routes; we can notice that this location is an opportunity to be an inflection point. Generally flat terrain and lack of natural borders also create favorable conditions for the construction of transport lines. The country is cros-sed by shortest transport communications linking the central and eastern districts of Russia with the countries of Western and Eastern Europe. The distance between Minsk and Warsaw is 500 kilometers, Moscow - 700 kilometers, Berlin - 1060 kilometers, Vienna – 1,300 kilometers. We think that these conditions are perfect to improve the economical trajectory of the country.

Natural population growth is essential for its increase. Un-fortunately, over the last se-veral decades it considerably declined as a result of social disturbances from 146,000 in 1960 to 50,000 in 1989. In 2002 100,000 children were born in Belarus, yet the demographic situation in the country is still close to critical.

While the normal fertility rate is 2.7, in Belarus it is 1.3, which means that most families have only one child. A dras-tic degradation of living stan-dards, social disorientation and Chernobyl catastrophe cau-sed a gradual increase in the death rate in the second half of the 20th century.

The population of the Republic of Belarus is about 10 million people. Over 70% of the po-pulation is urban residents. One forth of them (nearly 2 million) lives in Minsk.The average density of the population is 49 per-sons per sq km. The central regions of the coun-try are characterized by the maximum density of the population (82 persons per sq km in Minsk region), the minimal density is recorded in the northern part of Vitebsk region (10 persons per sq km).

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All these cities have the same characteristic; in both of those metropolitan areas have been establis-hed different development strategies. Although the more capitalist one (Varsovia) have a positive demo-graphic situation.

After analyzing Minsk all together, we have ob-served the existing rates of land use. Our con-clusions are clear: the city lacks adequate fa-cilities and economic centers to create flows of capital and people.So we believe that this data offers to area of study the chance of becoming a new place for that kind of activity: business and leisure.We also observed that in the city there is a duality between north and south, both separated by the independence avenue. One strategy is to reduce this economic gap.

One of our strategies is to understand and no forget the connection between the city and the area. To accomplish that, we join the different green spaces around the study ‘context.We also observed the low density in this area, to resolve this critical data we merely massify an axis in parallel to the green one.We consider that it is necessary to expand the coverage and the foment investment by means of economic plans whish are in our area

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The abandoned industries create an urban decay, which I’ve been oppose thanks to the pleasant landscape: the river and the ve-getation extension.The unique problem create by the river is the segregation bet-ween the different zones. It can be complicated to cross all the area directly without turning around it. In the field of study there are a powerful infrastructure, we can see that there are all kind of transport incorporate in it, but also a potential connection with all the others citiesAlso, the centric situation is an opportunity to create an in-dentity.The low density can be a very depressive experience. The pedes-trians have to cross hug distance to arrive where they want.

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