Within the framework of the Zodchestvo 2019 festival, the round table "Undeveloped urban connections. How to make Yauza river accessible? ” was held. On this discussion table, RTDA was represented by Ganna Omelyanenko, head of the internal expertise department of RTDA, author of a number of works on the rehabilitation of green areas of Moscow and the Moscow Region, including river valleys. She highlighted the enormous environmental role of small rivers - the circulatory system of the city, the need for careful treatment of their rehabilitation, the danger of function overloading of valleys.