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Percentage of green and blue urban areas — share of cities per class per country

Figure Created 21 May 2012 Published 21 May 2012 Last modified 24 May 2017

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

The diagram shows the proportion of cities per country that falls in a particular class regarding the share of green and blue urban areas.

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Methodology:

The diagram is a derivative from the map 2.5. Green (vegetated) and blue (water) urban areas have been extracted from the Urban Atlas product, i.e. values for 369 core cities are available. The considered area is the UMZ inside the core city area (defined in Urban Atlas). The selection of classes contained in the green and blue urban areas is based on their relevance for the Urban Heat Island effect. The following selection has been made, all classes marked in green are components of the green and blue urban areas:

CODE	Urban Atlas classes
11230	Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 10% - 30%)
11240	Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%)
14100	Green urban areas
14200	Sports and leisure facilities
20000	Agricultural areas, semi-natural areas and wetlands
30000	Forests
50000	Water bodies

Those classes were extracted from the Urban Atlas, their area summed up and its share in relation to the total area of the city (core city-UMZ) calculated. For the map production the values were classified into 4 classes and presented as different colours.

The diagram is produced by summarising the single city information into country related information.

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EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Geographic coverage

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom