Embankments green spaces statutary regulation in modern Russia

The issue of the insufficient size of the green area became essential due to the legal introduction the minimal norm of embankment’s greening in the amount of 15 % of the total area; the analysis of the legal regulation of embankment’s greening in the dynamics of historical development is given, there was proposed a hypothesis of increasing the minimum allowable percentage of embankment’s greening to previous values (30 %) in order to support the «green frame» of the city, improving the ecology of public recreation areas.