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3.1.1 UGSP - Urban Green Space Proportion

Version 2.2 by Emily West on 2022/01/10 14:39

3.1.1 UGSP - Urban Green Space Proportion

Topic	Urban challenges	Sub-challenges
Environment	3 - Biodiversity and Urban Spaces	3.1 Biodiversity

Description	Different indicators may represent proportion of green space vs built areas and can be derived from land use and land cover geodatabases at different scales. In this case, we use the ratio of green or natural space on the total space
Scale as linked to D2.2 framework	City Neighborhood
Data source [ link to data framework]	required data: geographical data of land use / land cover typology of areas supporting biodiversity : depending on the type of biodiversity supposed to be considered in the region and the type of habitats cartography of the areas supporting biodiversity within the NBS solution source: Different sources may be used, depending on the NBS scale and the type of habitats defined in the attended typology Corine Land Cover (at the big city scale) National databases (ex. Urban Atlas (only for big cities) ; OSGE in France…) Local spatial databases Statistic databases (without spatialization)
Needs	GIS software Spatial data
Expected Outputs	Quantitative results maps unit is surface or proportion
Calculation methods	GIS analysis formula: (Surface of “green areas” in the city or neighbourhood after NBS - Surface of “green areas” in the city or neighbourhood before NBS) / Surface of the city or neighbourhood
Links and references	Badiu, D. L., Iojă, C. I., Pătroescu, M., Breuste, J., Artmann, M., Niță, M. R., ... & Onose, D. A. (2016). Is urban green space per capita a valuable target to achieve cities’ sustainability goals? Romania as a case study. Ecological Indicators, 70, 53-66. Cochard, A., Pithon, J., Jagaille, M., Beaujouan, V., Pain, G. et Daniel, H. (2017) Grassland plant species occurring in extensively managed road verges are filtered by urban environments. Plant Diversity & Ecology