Greening as an Element of Sustainable Urban Development: Valuation of Economic Feasibility, Policyassessment and Practical Examples

• Main Authors: I Sergeevna Alekseeva, D Aleksandrovna Menshikh, O V Kudryavtseva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2016-12-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries
• Subjects: устойчивое городское развитие; городское озеленение; изменение зеленых зон; проблемы и задачи городов
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/agronomy/article/view/14989
• ISSN: 2312-797X; 2312-7988

The article reveals the importance of urban greening as a part of sustainable urban development concept. We examinethe ecological, social, cultural, spatial benefits of urban greening promotionas well as the possible constrains to urban space vegetating. It is shown that the assessment of tree benefits can be important for implementation of sustainable urban development. In turn,appropriate urban greening assessment is also important. The article provides existing urban greening assessment methods and their implementation in real-life practices.