During a review meeting on June 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was briefed on strategic structural reforms designed to upgrade urbanization and urban planning practices across the country. The rapid rise in population and building density has amplified the national demand for advanced city master plans, the preservation of urban green zones, the safeguarding of historical heritage sites, and the coordinated expansion of engineering and transport networks.
Out of 8,604 recognized human settlements across the republic, comprehensive master plans have been fully developed for just 2,506 locations, representing a modest 29% coverage. Regional planning departments intend to finalize master plans for an additional 154 settlements this year, with another 144 scheduled for completion in 2027. Currently, 1,044 active master plans have been digitized.
While urban developers successfully formulated 275 individual master plans for specific development zones during the 2024–2025 period, these initiatives remain disconnected from a centralized database. The lack of integration with broader municipal blueprints continues to create significant bottlenecks for comprehensive infrastructural and regional development.
Digital integration of municipal planning
To overcome these structural limitations, ministries have proposed a revised administrative system to govern all urban development documentation. The initial phase focuses on aggregating and updating raw master plan figures, followed by comprehensive digitization, the deployment of continuous tracking systems, and the final rollout of a unified information-analytical platform.
A cornerstone of this administrative transition is the creation of a unified electronic registry for all urban planning documents. Moving forward, any development plan or zoning document that fails to secure formal registration within this electronic registry will be stripped of legal validity. Furthermore, the state-run Center for Urbanization will take over expanded operational responsibilities, including managing the development of the geographic information system, coordinating topo-geodetic field engineering, and providing direct methodological guidance to local architectural directorates.
Academic restructuring and professional talent pipelines
The briefing highlighted a growing deficit of qualified domestic specialists skilled in modern urbanism, geodesy, land surveying, design engineering, and metropolitan agglomeration management.
