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Green spaces suitability analysis for urban resilience using geospatial technology: the case of Jimma city, Oromia, Ethiopia

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  • Tigist Girum Aiymeku

    (Mattu University Bedele Campus)

  • Kenate Worku Tabor

    (Jimma University)

  • Gemechu Debesa Wedajo

    (Jimma University)

  • Zenebe Reta Roba

    (Mattu University Bedele Campus)

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In recent years, cities have faced significant challenges in terms of security, livability, and sustainability as a result of rapid urbanization and indelible worldwide environmental changes. In this regard, resilience has become a goal for many cities throughout the world, leading to the enhancement of urban ecology. Urban green spaces have been therefore recognized as a successful strategy to build resilience by enhancing the quality of urban settings and endorsing sustainable lifestyles. Thus, this study was aimed at identifying suitable green space sites for urban resilience in Jimma city, Southwest Ethiopia. Geographic information system (GIS)-based multi-criteria land suitability evaluation method was employed for green space suitability analysis by considering ten factors, i.e., soil type, land use land cover, slope, land surface temperature, population density, normalized difference vegetation index, distance from a river, road, existing green area, and protected area. The results of overall suitability revealed that 3.4% of the study area was identified as a highly suitable site for green spaces (S1), 13.8% of the area as a suitable area (S2), and 42.2% as a moderately suitable area (S3) for green space development in Jimma city, while the remaining 35.1% and 5.4% of the study area were less suitable and unsuitable (N1 and N2) for urban greenery development, respectively. Furthermore, the result of the analysis demonstrated that land surface temperature, slope, land use/land cover, and NDVI value were found to be the most important factors for determining a suitable site for urban green space development in this study. Based on the findings of this study, it is possible to infer that the integration of GIS with multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) is a useful and effective method for the evaluation of land suitability for green space development. Hence, the findings of this study assist in amalgamating the appropriate land to be adapted as green spaces in cities, and it will help to form a basis for generating a greener and sustainable city in the future.

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  • Tigist Girum Aiymeku & Kenate Worku Tabor & Gemechu Debesa Wedajo & Zenebe Reta Roba, 2025. "Green spaces suitability analysis for urban resilience using geospatial technology: the case of Jimma city, Oromia, Ethiopia," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 27(5), pages 11449-11476, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:27:y:2025:i:5:d:10.1007_s10668-023-04365-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-04365-9
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