In this review article, in the analysis of the English-language literature of 2017–2018, the role of green and blue spaces of nature in improving the microclimate and design of cities and improving the city-dwellers’ health and psychoemotional state is presented. The urgency of the problem is underlined WHO recommendations, which again noted in 2017 that WHO considered a strategic objective the prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases among citydwellers, including by means of additional creation of green and blue urban areas that support health and wellbeing, easily accessible to residents of various city’s districts. Increasing physical activity, relaxation and interpersonal interaction as a result of regular visits to the green and blue oases of any city are the main non-medical improvement of the health and psycho-emotional state of all city-dwellers regardless of gender, age and health status.

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