Assessment of Urban Green Space Distribution within the Scope of European Green Deal Using NDVI Indice; Case of Nicosia/Cyprus
Abstract
In this study, the urban green space distribution was determined, and the city's compliance with the European Green Deal was evaluated. Firstly, Landsat 8 satellite images were radiometrically corrected with the Quantum GIS software. Then, NDVI was produced using the Red-Green-Blue and Near-Infrared bands of the processed data obtained. Finally, the NDVI image with a value between -1 and +1 was reclassified to define urban open green spaces. The classification data showed that open green areas have a nonhomogeneous distribution throughout the city, and the amount of green space per capita is approximately 200 m². According to the classification results of Northern Nicosia, a surface area of 475 km², the amount of green space is calculated as 16m², constituting 2.97%. Thus, it has been concluded that open green regions are denser in certain parts of the city than others and do not have a homogeneous distribution that can serve the whole town.
Keywords
Open-green spaces, remote sensing, European green deal, NDVI, landsat 8
Thanks
An oral presentation of this study was made in TUFUAB 2022: XI. Turkish National Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Association Technical Symposium. And the abstract of this article was published in the abstract booklet of the same conference. The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics committee permission was not required for the study.
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