@ARTICLE{Cieszewska_Agata_Urban_2024,
 author={Cieszewska, Agata and Adamczyk, Joanna and Giedych, Renata and Szulczewska, Barbara},
 volume={vol. LII/1},
 journal={Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie},
 pages={303–325},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Polsh Academy of Sciences, Branch in Kraków (Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie)},
 abstract={Urban morphological research describes the physical form of cities and provides an explanation of the layout and spatial composition of the city structure. Regarding green infrastructure, the morphological studies primarily concern the form, distribution and pattern of urban green spaces. The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which urban green infrastructure (UGI) models rooted in the urban planning literature can be clearly identified using spatial data on actual land use/land cover in cities. Furthermore, to ascertain whether identified models exhibited unique and statistically significant features in terms of their components. The study included 264 cities, all urban municipalities in Poland, with a population of less than 100,000. UGI was considered to be areas covered by vegetation and waters. Based on the experts analysis, five UGI models were determined: enveloped, ribbon, sectoral, archipelago and perforated. To characterized UGI pattern basic landscape metrics have been calculated using vector data containing land use and land cover (LULC) classes using V-LATE 2.0. Next, a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum statistical test with a post-hoc analysis was conducted to observe models differentiation. The research revealed that using qualitative methods supported by quantitative methods, it is possible to categorize LULC patterns into UGI models. By analysing a large sample of 264 cities, it was possible to indicate the distinctiveness of UGI models in the studied groups of cities (small and medium) while maintaining statistical significance of the samples. The study proved that there are landscape metrics that support the identification of UGI models.},
 type={Article},
 title={Urban Green Infrastructure Models in Small and Medium-sized Urban Municipalities in Poland},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/134130/13_Teka_tom_specjalny_2024.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/tkuia.2024.152196},
 keywords={urban morphology, urban green structure, green infrastructure planning},
}