Development and management of green spaces in European cities: A comparative analysis

“Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development ” of the 5th Framework Programme of the European Union. This paper aims to compare the present state and availability of urban green spaces in various European cities. The results of a factor analysis applied on the information gathered in extensive survey questionnaires show that the availability of “urban green ” is high in metropoles and big cities, whereas availability of “natural green”, such as forests and agricultural areas, is high i