Industrial sites create cultural legacy of the industrial era and significantly participate in the formation of image of the city. Abandoned or inefficiently exploited areas have significant negative effect on close surroundings, subsequently on the entire city, and up to the regional level in case of extensive industrial sites. Wide range of the current knowledge, experience, legislative measures and strategies to the regeneration of derelict industrial sites are currently available in the European Union. Issues relating to the methods of optimal and efficient recovery of these sites come to the forefront. Results of various researches and studies are consistent in saying that the optimal solution can not be reached by taking over yet implemented designs - the optimal execution in one site will not be equally effective in any other site, because of the specific conditions represented by various configurations and proportions. Under all circumstances, it is necessary to seek for a unique solution based on a thorough analysis, the knowledge of problems, limits and potentials within the context of the settlement structure or the whole region. Due to the complexity of the problem it is not possible to evaluate all relevant criteria by standard graphical method (e.g. economic, ecological, cultural, social aspects etc.). The theoretical part of the research mainly deals with establishing a comprehensive range of urban aspects that need to be thoroughly assessed in order to decide about the new - efficient use of industrial sites. The main objective of the practical part of the research is to verify the defined framework of urban aspects on selected example of the town Snina with the former factory of heavy mechanical engineering Vihorlat Snina. Urban analysis of the town defines problems, limitations and potential of individual zones and clusters, as well as missing features in the town, and other properties. Evaluation of selected aspects of industrial site refers to specific issues of this area. Simultaneously, it defines the potential of the site within the settlement structure, as well as possibilities of acceptable and unacceptable functional use. The bases for processing of the practical part are graphical analysis and questionnaire survey, both contained in Annexes of the thesis.