Assessing the availability of green infrastructure to residents of an Arctic city (on the example of Nadym)

Based on remote sensing data, the authors consider features of formation and use green spaces in city Nadym (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area). They give a detailed assessment availability infrastructure for inhabitants based comparison spatial distribution vegetation urban population. During construction city, there was dramatic reduction area cover, which reached its maximum during active 1980s. After completion main stage until now, has been steady increase share vegetation, is explained by landscaping activities against backdrop climate softening. The have find out that while maintaining high open within lack observed residential development microdistricts. methodology integrated medium ultra-high resolution space images, UAV surveys, mapping buildings field geobotanical descriptions tested study can be used analysis state other cities north Western Siberia. In general, Arctic great importance planning, allowing to fully take into account regional environmental needs local residents, context heterogeneity their distribution.