Zielona arteria miasta - krajobrazowa postać doliny rzeki Sałgir (Krym, Ukraina)

The quality of life in modern cities depends on many factors. The river as an objective border concentrates different natural and cultural elements and plays a significant part in the urban structure. The way of accomplishment of riversides have an influence on the urban composition and its functional zones. An interesting example, which was designed according to the spirit of that time, is the riverfront of the Salgir river in Simferopol (Crimea, Ukraine). During the late 1970s the riverside was comprehensively arranged in the urban section and a functional and aesthetic recreation area was built - parks, public gardens, boulevards etc. The greenway became the most favourite meeting place of the towndwellers. It was realized according to the 10th five-year plan of socialist development, the river with regular banks together with natural elements had almost become a symbol of the epoch, that proclaimed the supremacy of man over the environment. Now the greenway demands complex renovation and, first of all, adaptation to the contemporary needs of citizens as well as regulation of particular chaotic investments on the riverbanks.