The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis

Rakhmatullina, Irina; Rakhmatullin, Zagir; Zaitsev, Gleb; Davydychev, Alexandr; Gilmanova, Galia; Komissarov, Mikhail

doi:10.3390/f14071297

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The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis

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Irina Rakhmatullina

¹

,

Zagir Rakhmatullin

²,

Gleb Zaitsev

^3,*

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Alexandr Davydychev

³,

Galia Gilmanova

¹ and

Mikhail Komissarov

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Department of Ecology, Geography and Nature Management, Bashkir State Pedagogical University Named after M. Akmulla, 450008 Ufa, Russia

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Department of Forestry and Landscape Design, Bashkir State Agrarian University, 450001 Ufa, Russia

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Laboratory of Forestry, Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia

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Laboratory of Soil Science, Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Forests 2023, 14(7), 1297; https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071297

Submission received: 2 May 2023 / Revised: 20 June 2023 / Accepted: 22 June 2023 / Published: 24 June 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Planning of Urban Green Space in Large Spatiotemporal Scales)

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Abstract

For the administrative districts of the city of Ufa (the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia), the distribution of green spaces, including public green spaces, the degree of greening, and the accessible green spaces per resident, were analysed. Green spaces were estimated to be available for the citizens within 400 m (for multi-story building areas), 800 m (for low-rise building areas), and 1250 m (for all residential areas). The analysis relies on open geographic system tools and open spatial data. Data are compared with existing governmental regulations and recommendations. Green stands to cover approximately 35% of the city area (indicating that Ufa is one of the greenest among the 16 million-plus Russian cities), and most forest sites are located outside the city centre. Meanwhile, public green spaces cover less than 5% of the city and are unevenly spread across administrative urban districts. The major recreation facilities are situated in the city centre. Despite the high level of greening in Ufa on the whole, access to public areas in multi-story building areas within a 400 m radius and low-rise building areas within an 800 m radius is not guaranteed for city residents.

Keywords: buffering zone; fragmented greenery; NDVI; public green spaces; road network

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Rakhmatullina, I.; Rakhmatullin, Z.; Zaitsev, G.; Davydychev, A.; Gilmanova, G.; Komissarov, M. The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis. Forests 2023, 14, 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071297

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Rakhmatullina I, Rakhmatullin Z, Zaitsev G, Davydychev A, Gilmanova G, Komissarov M. The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis. Forests. 2023; 14(7):1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071297

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Rakhmatullina, Irina, Zagir Rakhmatullin, Gleb Zaitsev, Alexandr Davydychev, Galia Gilmanova, and Mikhail Komissarov. 2023. "The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis" Forests 14, no. 7: 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071297

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Rakhmatullina, I., Rakhmatullin, Z., Zaitsev, G., Davydychev, A., Gilmanova, G., & Komissarov, M. (2023). The Green Space Availability in Ufa City Metropolis. Forests, 14(7), 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071297

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