Green infrastructure development as a factor of Moscow metropolis sustainable development

Abstract

The research is aimed at improving the sustainable development of cities, which focuses on the systemic goal setting of environmental development tasks, social policy and economic responsibility. The development of green infrastructure has been among the sustainable development goals of many cities around the world since the early 2000s. The study showed that the modern understanding of green infrastructure in Russia is still not widespread, which creates problems for the sustainable development of Russian cities in the future, since the implemented greening programs generally reflect a more simplified and fragmented meaning of the city’s green infrastructure. It has been established that the situation in Russia has begun to change over the past few years: new scientific, methodological and practical approaches to the development of green infrastructure in Russian cities have been developed, leading state and public institutions presented ratings reflecting the ideology of the development of green infrastructure in cities within the framework of the principles of sustainable development. Based on the method of comparative and statistical analysis, the article identifies the features of the development of green infrastructure in Moscow, shows its advantages and problems, and suggests directions for its sustainable development based on innovative approaches to vertical gardening.