| Abstract [eng] |
Green infrastructure (GI) is an important element of urban sustainability. The quality of the ecosystem services it provides is of crucial importance for society, nature and the urban economy. This is analysed in EU strategic documents, describing how the GI should be developed and maintained, as well as setting out aspirations for its future development. It is important that the criteria used in the approaches to assessing GI reflect the objectives of the EU strategic documents and assess GI in the light of current trends and issues. The aim of the study was to develop a methodological tool to facilitate the selection of a method for assessing GI that is in line with the EU strategic objectives. A set of 18 criteria was drawn up, reflecting the most relevant GI criteria in the EU. The study focused on the GI evaluation methods themselves, a set of which was compiled through a qualitative content analysis of scientific articles, but which is not exhaustive and can be expanded, and 20 methods were selected for the study. In order to compare the GI evaluation methods according to the established set of criteria, a multi-criteria decision-making method – AHP – was applied. |
