Forming a social approach to the improvement of Moscow’s districts landscaping

Moscow’s districts vary in size, population density and urban planning peculiarities. In order to reveal the impact of the above factors on problem areas of municipal improvements the Chair of City Economy and Housing Law at the Moscow Metropolitan Governance Yury Luzhkov University has proactively held a sociological research activity survey among several districts’ inhabitants. Based on the survey’s results soft spots in municipal improvements of certain districts were identified that at the time, according to the public, presented the most problems. Development and approval of new architectural and landscaping requirements to a comprehensive improvements program were deemed necessary, based on principles of efficient functionally substantiated use of urban space. The document should contain optimized indices of ecological, sanitary and hygienic standards, as well as a list of implements allowing to improve the esthetic expressiveness of urban territories. Such document will make it possible to make corrections in town-building plans of the city’s districts, to develop and execute landscaping projects that would be consistent with modern requirements and citizens’ demands.