ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF FUNCTIONING OF CITY PARKS: ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECOSYSTEM APPROACH

Abstract

Topicality. The publication is devoted to highlighting the features of the application of the principles of sustainable development and the ecosystem approach to organizational and economic support for the development of city parks. The relevance of the article is justified by the fact that the presence of institutional traps in the field of development of city parks does not allow the implementation of these principles in full, which hinders the effective improvement of the field of green economy and increasing the importance of green spaces.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to conduct an analysis of the adaptation of the principles of sustainable development and the ecosystem approach to the development of urban parks, as well as to identify institutional pitfalls that stand in the way.Materials and methods. In the process of preparing the article, materials of own research, analysis of statistical data, publications of domestic scientists were used. The following research methods were used: monographic (for a comprehensive study of the problem of organizational and economic support for the development of city parks and the identification of cause and effect relationships), statistical (when working with statistical data and analytical calculations).Research results. On the basis of the analysis, the interpretation of the principles of the ecosystem approach to the organizational and economic development of parks is provided and their importance for the further transition to sustainable development is substantiated. The analysis of quantitative indicators of green spaces in the cities of Ukraine indicates a significant potential to provide city residents with accessible recreational areas, and in some cities the indicators are even comparable to the most green cities in the world. But the shortcomings of the institutional system do not allow to present the cities of Ukraine at the international level, as well as to apply innovative and non-standard approaches to the organization of green space, which could significantly increase interest in Ukrainian cities. City parks are important nature conservation objects, but their organizational and economic structure prevails as compared to objects of communal economy, and does not take into account most of the socio-cultural and natural aspects of their essence.Conclusion. It was found that the most expedient priority improvement is the institutional component of the organizational and economic structure of city parks. This will make it possible to most effectively implement new approaches to the development of city parks, and implement the principles of sustainable development and the ecosystem approach. That is why the main institutional traps that stand in the way of further development were identified.