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Accessibility Analysis of Urban Green Space: The Case of Erbil City

Serkan Kemeç, Salar Hassan Abdalkarim

Iconarp International J of Architecture and Planning

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This study, conducted in Erbil City in 2017 and 2020, measured the accessibility of public urban green spaces using network analysis with GIS. It found that for community parks, 68% of the population had access within 5 minutes travel time, while for mini parks, 22% had access within a 5-minute walk. This was the first known investigation into public green space accessibility in Erbil.