Аннотация:The goal of the study is analysis of residents' perception of environmental problems (destruction of the city's green zone, risk of cancer growth, etc.) caused by urban development projects. Data: the material for the study was the data of social media, blogs, messengers, forums, reviews, videos about construction of South-East highway in Moscow. Methods: the study involved a cross-disciplinary approach using neural network technologies. Findings: data analysis made it possible to identify and study environmental problems that arose at 5 stages of construction, to analyze the perception of residents based on digital content data. Application: the proposed methodology can be used in predictive analytics.