Green Urban Infrastructure: Assessment Challenges

Abstract

The presented study addresses the problem of forming and assessing green urban infrastructure, focusing on the elements of green infrastructure in the largest cities of the Russian Federation.Aim. The study aims to analyze approaches to identifying key elements of green infrastructure and methodological approaches to its assessment.Tasks. The authors determine approaches to highlighting key structural elements of green infrastructure; use statistics to comparatively assess the elements of green infrastructure in the largest Russian cities; identify problems in approaches to assessing key elements of green infrastructure.Methods. This study uses the methods of system analysis and comparison to address the problems of assessing key elements of green urban infrastructure and provides data published on the official websites of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipalities, and the Federal State Statistics Service.Results. Key structural elements of green infrastructure are identified and its effects on the urban environment are determined. Methodological approaches to assessing green infrastructure are analyzed, and its key elements in the largest cities of the Russian Federation are comparatively analyzed. The authors identify assessment problems and conclude that it is necessary to update the methodology of approaches to assessing the elements of green infrastructure in order to take into account its results at the stage of urban and spatial planning of territories.Conclusions. The results of the study can be used in developing a methodology for green infrastructure assessment and urban planning.