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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Urban Greening
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2025.1491781

The Evolution of Green Spaces within Institutional Plots in Yeka Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Utant Debebe Utant Debebe *Alazar Assefa Wondm Alazar Assefa Wondm
  • Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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    Understanding the dynamics of urban green coverage is crucial for informing urban planning and design decisions that foster sustainable cities. This study employed Google Earth imagery and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) to investigate the changes in urban green coverage within institutional plots in Yeka Sub-City, Addis Ababa, over a twenty-year period from 2003 to 2023. Subsequent image processing and analyses were conducted using GIS and ERDAS Imagine software. The findings revealed a gradual decline in green space coverage by 10.86 hectare, primarily attributed to the expansion of built-up areas and an increase in bare land. These changes suggest that the trend is driven by institutions constructing new facilities and optimizing land use within their compounds. The moderate positive spatial autocorrelation (Moran's I value of 0.60) indicated that changes in green space were not randomly distributed but tended to cluster in specific areas. This study emphasizes the importance of preserving and enhancing existing green spaces within institutional compounds to promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability. By integrating green space preservation into urban planning and institutional land management practices, policymakers can ensure balanced urban development that aligns with environmental sustainability goals.

    Keywords: Green space dynamics, Institutional plots, urban planning, spatial analysis, urban development 1.Introduction

    Received: 05 Sep 2024; Accepted: 03 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Debebe and Wondm. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Utant Debebe, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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