Urban Green Space Analysis
Urban green space analysis measures how much vegetation and parkland a city provides and how fairly residents can reach it, combining remote-sensing greenness, per-capita provision, and accessibility into evidence for planning and public health. Satellite vegetation indices such as NDVI map greenness pixel by pixel; per-capita ratios benchmark provision against standards; and gravity or threshold accessibility measures show who lives within reach of a park. As Wolch, Byrne and Newell argued, the analysis is inseparable from environmental justice — green space is unevenly distributed, and its provision must be designed to be 'just green enough' without driving displacement.
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- Wolch, J. R., Byrne, J., & Newell, J. P. (2014). Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'. Landscape and Urban Planning, 125, 234–244. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.01.017 ↗
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Urban Green Space Analysis (Provision, Vegetation Cover, and Access to Green Space). ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/urban-studies/urban-green-space-analysis
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