Was considered the notion of information systems for urban planning, was the necessity of its creation. Detailed the functionality of the program-technical complex systems Object-Orientation Technology for conducting information system of town planning activities of the municipality.

The article presents the problems of management and regulation of economic activity in the forest and park zones of St. Petersburg. Such topical problems as the legal status, economic features of forestry activities, value assessment of forest lands, forest legislation, financing mechanism and issues of redevelopment of urban recreational forests are studied.