Landscape Design in the Modern Megacity: How Nature Reclaims Concrete Jungles City. Millions of square meters of asphalt, glass, and concrete. Continuous noise, dust, exhaust fumes, and an endless stream of people. In this chaos, we suffocate not only from smog but also from the lack of greenery, from visual noise, from the inability to stop and take a breath. Landscape design in the modern megacity has ceased to be just an adornment of the city. It has become a matter of survival, a matter of the mental and physical health of urban dwellers. Over the past decades, landscape architecture has evolved from decorative lawns and flowerbeds to the creation of complex ecosystems that function as \"green infrastructure\" — a part of the city's engineering and social system. The Problem of the Concrete Desert: Why the City Needs Greenery Every day, when we leave our homes, we find ourselves in an environment created by humans for humans, but hostile to them. Landscape design in the megacity is not just \"greening\"; it is a fight for health and ecology. Modern cities suffer from the \"heat island effect\": concrete and asphalt heat up under the sun and retain heat for a long time, creating areas of extreme heat. The air becomes heavy, the concentration of carbon dioxide increases, and the level of oxygen decreases. In such conditions, plants perform not a decorative but a vital function: they cool the air, humidify it, absorb harmful particles, and produce oxygen. This is why landscape design is now considered not as art but as an ecological necessity. However, the problem is not only ecological. A city environment devoid of greenery provokes stress, irritability, a decrease in cognitive abilities. Scientists have proven that even 10 minutes in a park can reduce cortisol levels and improve mood. Landscape design in the megacity is a way to return humans to their natural environment, to create spaces for rest, communication, and recovery. These are the \"lungs\" of the ... Read more