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Discover how Project GREENQUAL advances urban sustainability by improving green surfaces and exploring their impact on diverse city fabrics and climate zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Osaka to Krakow and Budapest, our research reveals how greenery enhances air, water, and soil quality, mitigates heat islands and floods, and strengthens climate resilience. GREENQUAL is paving the way toward healthier, more adaptable, and carbon-neutral urban environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Task<\/strong><\/td>Deliverable Name<\/strong><\/td>Delivared results<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
T1.1<\/td>Large-scale area analysis<\/td>Assessing accessibility and crowding in urban green spaces: A comparative study of approaches<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
T2.2<\/td>Methodology assessment<\/td>Applied Informatics in Urban Climate Assessment
Methods \u2013 Status Quo, Challenges, Potentials<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
T2.2<\/td>Methodology assessment<\/td>POTENTIAL OF PASSIVE VENTILATION
SYSTEMS IN THE URBAN SPACES OF
BUDAPEST<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Assessing accessibility and crowding in urban green spaces: A comparative<\/strong>
This study of approachesThis study develops and compares two GIS-based methods for assessing accessibility and potential crowding in urban green spaces (UGS) in Krakow, using the indicator Accessible Green Space per Capita (AGSpC), which estimates how many square metres of green space would be available per person if all residents within the accessible catchment visited the same UGS at once. The results show that UGS accessibility is highly uneven across the city: central and northern districts tend to have the lowest AGSpC values and higher potential crowding, while peripheral and western areas generally perform better. The comparison also demonstrates that a simple 300 m accessibility threshold is useful for identifying the least-served areas, but a size-sensitive method, which adjusts catchment distance to the size of each green space, provides a more nuanced and realistic picture of pressure on larger parks. Overall, the paper argues that UGS planning should not rely only on citywide green-space-per-capita averages, but should instead incorporate local accessibility, number of available green-space choices, and potential crowding, because these factors are critical for environmental justice, public health, and evidence-based urban planning.<\/summary>\n