Masters thesis — Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 2024. Full text: https://archive.org/details/sgng.19271-urban-green-spaces-and-its-impact-on-quality-of-life-a-case-in-ch
It quantifies green space as health infrastructure in exactly the kind of industrial city that has the least of it.
In Chandrapur — a rapidly urbanizing coal-mining and thermal-power city — thirty years of satellite data plus household surveys show urban greenery strongly correlates with emotional well-being, physical health, and social interaction; urbanization degraded vegetation cover and raised surface temperatures, but even small, strategically placed green spaces produced noticeable improvement.
Why it matters
It quantifies green space as health infrastructure in exactly the kind of industrial city that has the least of it.
Use when: Green space isn't decoration — in a stressed industrial city it measurably moves health, safety, and temperature.
