Due to the historical transformation of human activity, there are many changes in the environment of society. The city is one of the habitats in which historically a man has sought to harmonize the interaction of natural and man-made systems. The increasing role of cities, improving the quality of life of the urban environment, the emergence of super-large cities are united by the concept of urbanization. It changed and became more complicated along with all the processes that take place during the transition from agrarian society to industrial, and then to post-industrial one. Current urbanization requires strong strategies and innovative planning to modernize urban life. Difficulties in implementing the principles of state cultural policy, arising under the influence of not only urbanization, but also globalization, standardize the social and cultural needs of a person, turning them into mass culture. The aim of the study is to identify the positive and negative consequences of the urbanization process that affect the components of the socio-cultural space of a city. Theoretical analysis, synthesis and generalization were used as research methods. The relevance of the study is due to the state of modern cultural life, which tends to simplify, the appearance of symptoms of deterioration of social well-being and satisfaction of the urban population with the life. The article considers approaches to understanding the city with a focus on the sociological aspect, reveals the importance of sociocultural potential as a factor of sustainable and harmonious development of the city. The analysis of the components of the sociocultural potential of the city, regarding the impact of the consequences of urbanization on them, has been carried out on the basis of the secondary analysis of the works of modern Russian scientists.
