PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RECREATION FACILITY "RECREATION AREA OF MUKHINSKOE LAKE" OF THE CITY OF BOR, OF THE NIZHNY NOVGOROD REGION
The paper considers the importance of green spaces as a structural element of the ecological framework of the city and an indicator of the comfort of the urban environment for the population. It is specified that the organization of modern urban infrastructure and the improvement of the comfort of the urban environment is implemented with the help of the Federal program «Formation of a comfortable urban environment», while the design developments do not take into account the issues of preserving and optimizing the existing green fund of the city as an ecological frame of the territory. The modern characteristics of the state of Lake Mukhinsky and the adjacent territory as an object of improvement of the program «Formation of a comfortable urban environment» in the town of Bor of the Nizhny Novgorod region are presented. It was revealed that the implementation of all stages of the project for the reconstruction and optimization of the recreation facility «Mukhinskoye Lake recreation area» was carried out in violation of the requirements for the implementation of this kind of work, in particular, the engineering and technical stage was not preceded by hydrogeological studies, which was reflected in the violation of natural sources that fed the natural body of water and the loss of the natural aquatic ecosystem, and the creation of an artificial water body.Planting trees and shrubs in a technogenic substrate at the greening stage, lack of irrigation and irrational mowing of lawn grasses led to the death of plants. Prospective solutions in the field of improvement of the territory «Mukhinskoye Lake recreation zone» are proposed, which will improve the ecological state of the designed recreation facility and increase environmental sustainability by increasing the share of green spaces, strengthening the ecological framework of the city of Bor of the Nizhny Novgorod region.The technical stage of the improvement of Lake Mukhinsky and the adjacent territory has been substantiated, a plan for the functional zoning of the recreation facility, equipment for children’s, sports and cultural and educational sites, and an assortment of green spaces are described. The implementation of the project for the improvement of the territory «Mukhinskoye Lake Recreation Zone» in full will allow to increase the share of green areas of public use and create a recreation area in the central part of Bor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.