Abstract. The article considers the challenges of designing sustainable landscape architectural projects in Russian cities such as high-raised linear parks and green roofs. Sustainable landscape projects create great and green cities where the built and the natural environments are interwoven. Sometimes creating green spaces is considered as a great challenge, particularly in the big and dense cities, where there is pressure for space and green development is very limited. In this case high-raised parks and green roofs could be the only solution.

Metropolis cities like Moscow, have a very important part in social and economic growth of countries like Russia for example. But neglecting environmental resources and the impact on climate change have become a serious challenge for realization of the contribution which those big cities can make on economic development of the countries. This article contains a technical suggestions how to reduce the negative environmental consequences of the daily life of the megalopolis, new technological methods of urban planning and landscape architecture are being implemented all over the world. This article considers the new environmental methods and best foreign practices for the transition towards sustainable cities. Further described the possibility of using innovative technology of green roofs especially for Moscow region. The article is considering green roofs as a very effective mechanism for reducing the heat island effect and for “precipitation management”. This article gives a short overview of the European expertise of using green roofs for climate-change-adaptation measure and gives recommendations to Russian environmental policies.

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