出版社：Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
摘要：The diversity and quality of urban green spaces (UGS) and human well-being are tightly linked. UGS provide a wide range of ecosystem services, especially urban heat mitigation, stormwater infiltration, food security and physical recreation. Analyses and inter-city comparison of UGS patterns and their functions require not only detailed information on their relative quantity but also a closer examination of UGS in terms of quality and land use derived from land cover composition and spatial structure. In this study, we present an approach to ecosystem mapping based on Sentinel-2A satellite imagery provided in the framework of the European Copernicus program. The comparative analyses of the towns of Bratislava, Trnava and Žilina serve as a reference for decision- and policymakers in preserving urban biodiversity and improving life quality as well as providing the basis for further environmental research in these cities.
关键词：urban green spaces; Sentinel-2A; ecosystem services; Bratislava; Trnava; Žilina
