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The paper discusses issues of green infrastructure development, governance and implementation (including obstacles) under post-socialist conditions at the local level. It will illustrate its arguments by case studies from Leipzig (Germany), Lódz (Poland) and Archangelsk (Russia). It highlights current state, change and future prospects of greenspace (forests, parks, semi-natural areas, reused brownfield sites) and green infrastructure (gardens, cemeteries, pocket parks, green roofs, and green walls) in post-socialist cities. The case studies focus on specific greenspaces (parks, wetlands, community gardens) and analyse them against the overall green infrastructure management in the respective cities as well as concerning the way green infrastructure is governed, managed and used by a broad range of actors involving state, civil, social and economic stakeholders.