Green City Spaces – HUGSI provides new insights on urban green development
How green are the cities of the world really? Do they get greener or is densification of cities also reducing the valuable green in the cities? HUGSI was created to help safeguard urban green space and provide stakeholders with a unique data set of the current status and development .
HUGSI is an AI-driven solution that uses satellite images to help city authorities see their green spaces from above and to safeguard them better. By applying computer vision and deep learning techniques on satellite images, HUGSI unveils insights about the current state and historic development of vegetation and their surrounding environment in urban areas.
This years HUGSI report found out that urban areas are not getting greener, that urban areas in Europe are greener than average and that Charlotte, North Carolina, USA is the Global Green Model City 2020.
Eric Swan, product owner, at Husqvarna Division says: “Globally, we see a slight decline in urban green spaces. There’s -0.01 percent less vegetation in 2019 compared to 2018. Urban development in China accounts for most of the decline (-52km2). A positive development in Europe and North America (+38km2) saves the global average from a drastic dip in green spaces.”
Read more and see the winners from all regions of the world, here www.hugsi.green or download the report here