Greenness Indicator for Spatial and Settlement Planning Based on NDVI and LAI Indicators

Authors

Laszlo Kollányi, Szent István University, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Klaudia Máté, Szent István University, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Viola Prohászka, Szent István University, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Edina D. Fóris, Szent István University, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional DevelopmentFollow
Ágnes Sallay, Szent István University, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional DevelopmentFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/4wgj-t211

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

In the international practice of green infrastructure research, many indicators have been developed to measure the social functions, naturalness, the role of the urban climate, interconnection, networking, multifunctionality, and ecosystem services. In 2007, an indicator of biological activity value (BA) was introduced into the Hungarian town planning practice and legislation, which shows the intensity of green areas in areas to be built and is the basis for counting land use changes of settlements. However, the actual biomass, which can be measured by remote sensing devices, has not yet been considered in determining the indicator values. The main purpose of this research was to develop an easy-to-use, easily adaptable indicator for spatial and settlement planning, which has good correlation with the green coverage of different land uses and with biomass; and which may be also suitable for monitoring the ecological value of land use changes.

Recommended Citation

Kollányi, Laszlo; Máté, Klaudia; Prohászka, Viola; Fóris, Edina D.; and Sallay, Ágnes (2019) "Greenness Indicator for Spatial and Settlement Planning Based on NDVI and LAI Indicators," Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/4wgj-t211
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol6/iss1/41