CONTEMPORARY VIEW ON THE GREENING OF THE ROOF OF LARGE SHOPPING CENTERS

The article aims to consider the environmental and economic benefits of gardening or creating green gardens on the roofs of large shopping centers. As the example City Square Mall in Singapore, which is a model not only competent landscaping around the shopping center and the use of "green" materials and energy (solar panels, energy-saving lamps, environmentally friendly materials), but also largely the organization of green roofs. As a result of the analysis of articles on economic costs and studies of industrial emissions into the atmosphere, it is shown that in large cities there is a tendency of deterioration of the environmental situation. Which can be solved by the introduction of modern methods of gardening, namely, green roofs as intensive (exploited gardens on roofs with trees and shrubs), and extensive (grass cover, often unused). The main advantages of this method of gardening: environmental friendliness, quick payback, rational use of empty space, tourist attraction and decorative.