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Table 3 Basic indicators of natural environment exposure using LandSat and Urban Atlas

From: Characterisation of the natural environment: quantitative indicators across Europe

City

All

Barcelona

Stoke-on-Trent

Doetinchem

Kaunas

n

n = 3946

n = 1044

n = 1044

n = 861

n = 997

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

NDVI measures

          

 Mean NDVI within 100 m

0.43

0.16

0.22

0.09

0.45

0.08

0.54

0.12

0.54

0.08

 Mean NDVI within 300 m

0.44

0.16

0.22

0.10

0.47

0.08

0.55

0.09

0.54

0.07

 Mean NDVI within 500 m

0.45

0.16

0.23

0.10

0.48

0.08

0.56

0.08

0.54

0.07

Urban Atlas measures

          

 Straight-line distance to

          

  Nearest natural space (m)

180.05

203.85

362.65

280.81

106.29

75.48

64.00

58.22

166.28

143.67

  Nearest green space (m)

183.62

206.18

362.71

280.76

110.36

78.25

67.93

59.67

172.69

159.37

  Nearest blue space (m)

1321.29

1258.08

2564.30

1635.64

973.60

723.95

509.19

354.32

1085.07

661.87

 Street-network buffer

          

  Green spaces within 300 m (n)

1.38

1.57

0.73

1.16

1.33

1.20

2.75

2.00

0.92

1.07

  Count of green spaces within 500 m (n)

3.01

2.60

1.91

2.29

2.99

1.85

5.62

2.76

1.95

1.66

  Count of green spaces within 1000 m (n)

9.64

6.58

7.68

7.38

9.12

3.54

16.83

5.73

6.03

3.30

  Total area of green spaces within 300 m (ha)

13.24

33.10

9.92

35.54

19.67

45.32

13.98

20.95

9.35

20.42

  Total area of green spaces within 500 m (ha)

27.14

54.17

15.57

41.82

46.12

74.76

27.87

30.05

18.75

50.70

  Total area of green spaces within 1000 m (ha)

81.35

131.70

37.58

73.22

129.75

154.21

86.83

46.57

71.78

178.12

  Count of blue spaces within 300 m (n)

0.07

0.30

0.00

0.00

0.12

0.42

0.16

0.40

0.01

0.13

  Count of blue spaces within 500 m (n)

0.18

0.54

0.05

0.21

0.29

0.72

0.37

0.70

0.04

0.23

  Count of blue spaces within 1000 m (n)

0.58

1.11

0.22

0.53

0.83

1.52

1.12

1.23

0.23

0.54