No 5 (2013)

The role of urban areas in the global land-use structure is permanently growing. Urban ecosystems differ principally from natural ones in formation conditions, driving factors and functioning. Green areas play a key role in city structure, performing important environmental, ornamental and health functions. The methodology widely accepted so far for the environmental control of urban green zones is not able to consider multiple functions of urban areas as well as their unique spatial variability. Herewith we propose a new approach for functional-environmental monitoring of urban green zones in Moscow city, including not only static, but also dynamic parameters and considering their spatial variability and profile distribution. The proposed approach was tested for the case of six green areas within the Sadovoe Ring, Central administrative district of the Moscow city. It was demonstrated that the proposed methodology was much more informative than conventional ones and also better support taking optimal decisions in the sphere of maintaining environmental quality of urban ecosystems.

Global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most pressing problems of our time. With an abundance of information on carbon dioxide emissions, information on other greenhouse gases are not as widely presented. This article describes the impact of operational and recreational pressure on the flow of methane and nitrous oxide urban ecosystem represented different kinds of lawns.

Questions of cultivation Salix caprea L are taken up. For reconstruction of a landscape gardening heritage. The technology of cultivation of the given plant is developed for fast creation of green hedges and strengthening of slopes.

The article describes the basic elements of planning campuses. In existing campuses describes the role of the landscape as the basis, which is the link between the human and architectural ensemble. The combination of landscape and architectural structures is the hallmark of each university or college. One of the main ideas of the modern campus planning - create a unified architectural and spatial environment. On the example of designing territory RANEPA, traced the need to create a comfortable space with a well-organized structure of the campus. Researchers have been taken into account modern requirements for a comfortable stay of all participants of the educational process by creating an environment, the use of modern small architectural elements, technological innovations, and application possibilities of modern materials.

In article deal with the problem of greenhouse effect and the influence of global climate change on environmental condition of modern megalopolis, on the example of Moscow. The research are focused on nitrogen oxide (I), which is one of the least studied greenhouse gases. Research were carried out in the territory of Forest Experimental Station RGAU-MSHA named after K.A. Timiryazev since May till September, 2013.

Reorganization of space and landscape simulation environment based on natural-defines approach to urban land industrial use: slope areas with difficult terrain (urban areas of ports with water areas), with flat terrain and the waste land (territory of existing railway lines and areas adjacent to it), as well as former railway lines, hidden in the terrain.

Soil fertility depends to some extent on the nature and composition of soil-поглащающего complex, which ultimately determines the value of the resulting harvest. From the composition of the present in the soil-absorbing complex of ion exchange depend on the physical, physico-chemical properties of soil, the relationship between the soil and the plant, the productivity of the soil.