green Intermediate
CityGreen
Quantify cooling and stormwater benefits from urban trees and green space
Addresses
Green Infrastructure
- Cost
- Free to use
- Proprietary-Free
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Language
- —
- Updated
- 2023
You provide
- Green-space inventory
- Tree canopy / land cover
- Local climate data
You get
- Cooling benefit estimates
- Stormwater interception
- Ecosystem-service valuation
Overview
CityGreen, from Singapore’s Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, is a GIS-based tool that quantifies the ecosystem services delivered by urban trees and green spaces — with particular strength in tropical-city cooling and stormwater benefits.
Key features
- GIS-based mapping of green-space benefits
- Urban-cooling estimates suited to tropical climates
- Stormwater interception modelling
- Ecosystem-service valuation
Who it’s for
Greenery and parks agencies, especially in tropical and subtropical cities.
Getting started
Learn more through the CUGE research portal.