Why do we need urban green areas?
• determines the proper functioning of cities in terms of climatology, hydrology and ecology,
• can have a significant impact on the mitigation of so called „urban heat Island” effect,
• green areas are the best way to mitigate the undesirable effects of heavy rainfall,
• vegetation helps deadense noise,
• plants act as green air filters in an urbanized environment.
A really important elements of the green infrastructure of cities are smaller facilities, such as: pocket parks, green roofs, green walls and vertical gardens, rain gardens in containers, green yards, individual trees and tracks.