Green areas per inhabitant

Area of ​​green areas in consolidated urban land identified in the Urban Planning Map of Catalonia (MUC) with the SV code. Parks, urban forests, tree-lined streets, allotments, riverbanks and coastlines, provide significant health benefits to local communities. Green spaces improve air quality, reduce noise and enhance biodiversity. They also moderate temperatures during hot periods and provide cool and shaded areas. Local communities use green spaces for physical exercise and social interactions. However, evidence shows that not everyone enjoys equal access to green space. Green spaces are considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be essential for the benefits they bring to the physical and emotional well-being of the population, making urban areas more livable and healthier, and it recommends that towns and cities dispose of them as minimum of 10 - 15 m2 of green area per inhabitant.