THE DEVELOPMENT OF "GREEN FRAME" URBAN AREAS CASE OF PITTSBURGH (USA)
The major environment problem is the case of preserving and increasing green spaces in cities and towns. The next serious and actual problem is indifferent attitud of citizens to environment. The authors of the article rises the question of the civic engagement of urban dwellers to conserved of the green frame in the cities. The Pittsburgh Greenspace Alliance is an affiliation of non-profit organizations working on greenspace issues in and around the Pittsburgh area. The article describes the successful experience of one of them - “Tree Pittsburgh” (PA, USA). The information is based at the meeting between the leadership and activists of the organization “Tree Pittsburgh” with the staff and students of the Civil Engineering Faculty, PERU in September 2014. The article describes green spaces protection on the example work of the administration and public organizations of the city of Perm. It is analyzed directions and methods of the structures responsible for urban landscaping in Pittsburgh and Perm. Recommendations are given to use of experience “Tree Pittsburgh” for the city of Perm. The authors are proposed a complex of organizational and educational activities to an awakening of public environmental consciousness.