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Title: Distribution of urban green spaces: comparative analysis between cities in different countries
Other Titles: Distribuição das áreas verdes públicas: análise comparativa entre cidades em diferentes países
Keywords: Green area index
Landscape architecture
Life quality
Urban green spaces
Urban parks
Índice de áreas verdes
Paisagismo
Qualidade de vida
Espaços verdes urbanos
Parques urbanos
Issue Date: Jan-2021
Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira de Floricultura e Plantas Ornamentais
Citation: GARCIA, C. S. G. et al. Distribution of urban green spaces: comparative analysis between cities in different countries. Ornamental Horticulture, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 1, p. 8-19, 2021. DOI: 10.1590/2447-536X.v27i1.2151 .
Abstract: The presence of urban green spaces (UGS) increases the human’s contact with nature and provides numerous benefits to the society and the local environment. In this way, analyzing, planning and stimulating the implementation of UGS in cities is a fundamental action to improve the life quality of urban society. In this context, the aim was to analyze the situation and distribution of the green spaces of the universities cities of Lavras, Minas Gerais State (Brazil) and Newark, Delaware (USA). For data collection, researches performed field visits and used aerial photography to survey and analysis before calculating indicators including green area index (GAI) and green space ratio (GSR). The city of Lavras has a GAI of 0.54 m2 inh-1. The GSR value was 0.29%, not meeting the minimum of 5% required by local municipal law. Furthermore, there is a bad distribution of UGSs in the urban framework. However, in Newark, the distribution of UGSs is homogeneous and covers all regions of the city. The calculated GAI was 50.2 m² inh-1 and the GSR has met the 7% minimum required by its Newark Municipal Law. When comparing the two cities, in different countries and conditions it is concluded that Newark (DE) presents UGS indicators, GAI (m² inh-1) and GSR (%), higher than the values obtained in Lavras (MG), indicating the need for Government actions to increase these values.
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