Data on different types of green spaces and their accessibility in the seven largest urban regions in Finland.

ABSTRACT: Access to green spaces in urban regions is vital for the well-being of citizens. In this article, we present data on green space quality and path distances to different types of green spaces. The path distances represent green space accessibility using active travel modes (walking, cycling). The path distances were calculated using the pedestrian street network across the seven largest urban regions in Finland. We derived the green space typology from the Urban Atlas Data that is available across functional urban areas in Europe and enhanced it with national data on water bodies, conservation areas and recreational facilities and routes from Finland. We extracted the walkable street network from OpenStreetMap and calculated shortest paths to different types of green spaces using open-sourc

SUBMITTER: Heikinheimo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature