Hinterland Built-up areas
Figure 2.2 Hedgerows in Cork City (Source: National Landcover Map)
[2.2] Comparison to Other EU Cities The most recent data from the European Environment Agency (2018) indicates that Cork City is on the lower end of tree canopy cover when compared to other EU Mission Cities 2 of a similar size.
European City
2018 Canopy Cover %
2023 Population
Tampere, Finland
60%
226,000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
50%
279,000
Košice, Slovakia
44%
239,000
Guimarães, Portugal
43%
163,000
Aachen, Germany
40%
250,000
Rzeszow, Poland
38%
184,000
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
29%
249,000
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
26%
308,000
Groningen, The Netherlands
17%
238,000
16%
224,000
Cork, Ireland 3
Padova, Italy
12%
209,000
Tree Canopy Cover in Medium-Sized EU Mission Cities, 2018 Source: European Environment Agency
2 As noted in the introduction, Cork City is one of a hundred European ‘Mission Cities’ that are part of an EU initiative to become climate neutral by 2030. 3 The European Environment Agency figure for Cork City was based on the previous (pre-2019) Cork City boundary and varies slightly from other figures cited in this text.
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