According to a study conducted by researcher at the Agricultural Research Center Muncheberg Phillipp Gartner, Sarajevo is ”The greenest” capital in Europe. Of neighboring cities, Ljubljana is located on the third, Zagreb on the 12th , and Belgrade on the 23rd place.
Because of the growing global trend of migration from rural to urban areas, parks, gardens and city greenery in general are becoming more important. While life in urban centers can lead to easier employment, education, health care, it has its negative side, such as increased stress, less open space, fresh air and nature.
Researcher Phillipp Gartner wanted to find an answer to the question of which of the European cities is ”The Greenest”. He used a method that processed satellite imagery and compared the vegetation indices of 42 capitals in Europe, and the survey covered an area of eight kilometers from the city center .
”Located in the Sarajevo valley, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the river Miljacka, Sarajevo is one of the smallest capitals in Europe,” said the Gartner’s analysis.
This is a list of the European capitals ranging from the ones with the highest to those with the least green areas, comparing their vegetation indices:
Sarajevo – 0.6778
Vaduz – 0.6738
Ljubljana – 0.6114
Andorra La Vella – 0.6074
Bern – 0.5996
Luxembourg – 0.5801
Vilnius – 0.5137
Talin – 0.459
Monaco – 0.4395
Oslo – 0.4356
Riga – 0.4238
Zagreb – 0.4121
Bratislava – 0.4043
Chisinau – 0.3926
Kiev – 0.3887
Stockholm – 0.3777
Helsinki – 0.3769
Prague – 0.3692
Warsaw – 0.3653
Pristina – 0.3535
Sofia – 0.3379
Skopje – 0.3105
Belgrade – 0.295
Dablin – 0.291
Tirana – 0.2793
Minsk – 0.2718
Copenhagen – 0.2637
Rejkjavik – 0.2637
Berlin – 0.2519
Bucharest – 0.2519
Podgorica – 0.2363
Amsterdam – 0.2285
Brisel – 0.1973
Vienna – 0.1738
Rome – 0.1699
Madrid – 0.1543
Moscow – 0.1426
London – 0.1348
Lisbon – 0.127
Riga – 0.1191
Valeta – 0.0957
Athens – 0.0879
(Source: Klix.ba)
