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Region/country/city
Estimated size of urban green space/woodland resource
Urban area in USA Average tree cover of the urban areas in USA is 27.1 % of the geographical area
and 20 major cities have average tree cover of 26.4% of geographical area
12,13
.
Washington, D.C
(USA)
About 1,928,000 trees in the urban area cover 28.6 percent of the area
12,13
.
Europe
Average woodland cover of 18.5% of the geographical area within municipal
limits of 26 large European cities (average tree cover-104 m
2
/ inhabitant)
1,18
.
Paris (France)
About 80 m
2
of urban forest per inhabitant in Greater Paris region
1,18
.
Great Britain
Green areas cover about 14% of urban areas with 120,000 ha of parks/gardens
space
1,18
.
The Netherlands
Average green space cover is about 19 % for 22 largest Dutch cities (about 228
m
2
/inhabitant)
1,18
.
Canberra (Australia) Estimated crown cover of about 2400 ha (about 80 m
2
/inhabitant)
18,22
.
Melbourne
(Australia)
Green space 40 % and tree cover-16.3 m
2
/inhabitant in 1997
22
.
Wellington (New
Zealand)
Estimated green space is 200 m
2
/person, despite the pressure of development.
Hong Kong
Average green space cover is about 1.81%, i.e., about 3 m
2
/ inhabitant
1,18
.
Urban areas in China In 439 cities in China in 1991, the overall green space was 380,000 ha or 20.1%
of the urban area. Some 40% of the cities had more than 30% green cover in
1991
13,18
. In 1986, the green space coverage and public green area per capita
were 16.9%, and 3.5 m², respectively which increased to 23.0%, and 6.52 m²
by 2000
1,14,18,19
, and further increased to 32.5% of the urban area by the end of
2006
1,14,18,19
, but target is expand green space upto 40%.
Singapore
Average green space (including public park and garden) cover is about 17.8%,
i.e., 7.5 m
2
per inhabitant
22
.
Seoul (South Korea) Green space cover-25,2% and green space 14.57 m
2
/inhabitant in 1996
22
.
Kuwala Lupmpur
(Malaysia)
Green cover 5% and green space-2.25 m
2
/inhabitant in 1998.
Colombo (Sri Lanka) Green space-4.4% of the geographical area
22
.
Jaipur (India)
Mean green space in the major Indian cities is very less. Per capita open space
is 16.6 m
2
in Jaipur. It has been proposed to enhance open and green space to
8.6m
2
by developing green belt adjoining the city
1, 18
.
Delhi (India)
Average tree and forest cover is about 11.9% of geographical area (Forest and
tree cover-about 16.1 m
2
/inhabitant) (FSI, 2011)
20
.
Chandigarh (India)
Average tree/forest cover is about 14.9 % of the city area (Forest and tree
cover-about 17.7 m
2
/inhabitant and it is more when green open space of the
parks and garden is accounted) (FSI 2011)
20
Gandhinagar
(Gujarat, India)
Tree and forest cover of the city is 3,075 ha-53.9% of geographical area. (Forest
and tree cover-about 148 m
2
/inhabitant) (Forest Department 2011)
21
.
Bangalore
(Karnataka, India)
Estimated tree crown cover of city is about 19.9% of geographical area
(about 16.8 m
2
/inhabitant)
18,23
.
