#urbanforestry — Public Fediverse posts

Which Calgary neighborhoods are best built to withstand summer heatwaves? 🌳☀️

To measure structural climate resilience across the city, I conducted a spatial analysis of 193 established residential communities, calculating the Solid-to-Tree Ratio—comparing bare artificial surfaces (asphalt, concrete, rooftops) directly against total tree canopy area.

Here are the Top 10 most shade-rich and climate-resilient communities in Calgary:
🟢 Queens Park Village — 0.3 (Just 0.3 ha of hard surface for every 1 ha of canopy!)
🟢 Discovery Ridge — 0.5
🟢 Roxboro — 0.5
🟢 Wildwood — 0.6
🟢 Rideau Park — 0.7
🟢 Medicine Hill — 0.8
🟢 Upper Mount Royal — 0.8
🟢 Crestmont — 0.9
🟢 Elbow Park — 0.9
🟢 Shaganappi — 0.9

👇 The full interactive dataset and study are here:
https://www.datastory.org.ua/calgarys-microclimatic-anatomy-what-lies-beneath-the-citys-green-appearance/

#UrbanAnalytics #GeospatialData #RemoteSensing #GIS #UrbanForestry #CityPlanning #Calgary #DataScience #Microclimate #MachineLearning #GreennessOfCalgary #RStats #FOSSGIS

🔥 Top 10 Calgary Communities with the Highest "Shade Deficit"

To measure structural heat risks, I calculated the Solid-to-Tree Ratio—the ratio of bare artificial surfaces (asphalt, concrete, roofs) to total tree canopy area. A higher ratio means more heat-retaining concrete and less natural cooling.

Here are the 10 most shade-deficient residential communities in Calgary:
🔹 Downtown Commercial Core — 56.2 (56.2 ha of hard surfaces for every 1 ha of trees)
🔹 Beltline — 24.6
🔹 Redstone — 23.8
🔹 Seton — 20.8
🔹 Manchester — 17.7
🔹 Rangeview — 16.8
🔹 Symons Valley Ranch — 16.0
🔹 Lower Mount Royal — 13.9
🔹 Country Hills Village — 13.2
🔹 Martindale — 12.4

An interactive lookup table featuring area metrics and ratios for all 193 established Calgary residential communities is available via the link:
https://www.datastory.org.ua/calgarys-microclimatic-anatomy-what-lies-beneath-the-citys-green-appearance/

#YYC #Calgary #CalgaryRealEstate #UrbanForestry #CityPlanning #RemoteSensing #YycLiving #GreennessOfCalgary #MachineLearning #RStats #Alberta #Canada

New: USDA Forest Service is investing >$1 billion in ~400 projects to expand access to trees and green spaces in communities and neighborhoods nationwide, including 8 in #Connecticut #Hartford #NHV #StamfordCT #BridgeportCT
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf/2023-grant-funding #urbanforestry #nnip #publichealth