Ranking: Durban named greenest city in the world!

According to the very first "Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index" (HUGSI) by Swedish manufacturer of outdoor power products Husqvarna, Durban in South Africa is the world's and, of course, Africa's greenest city. Durban also has the highest percentage of urban green space (global & Africa), as well as the best health of urban vegetation, the best distribution of urban green space, the most urban green space per capita and the highest percentage of urban area covered by trees in Africa. Congratulations Durban! Africa's second greenest city is Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, followed by Tshwane, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
HUGSI is based on satellite image data acquired from the Copernicus Programme (EU earth observation programme), which is getting turned into a range of urban green space metrics by using computer vision and machine learning techniques. These overall greenness scores are calculated and are used to rank select cities.

The world's greenest cities:

1. Durban, South Africa
2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Austin, Texas (USA)
4. Bejing, China
5. Geneva, Switzerland
6. Dalian, China
7. Gothenburg, Sweden
8. Heidelberg, Germany
9. Qingdao, China
10. Caracas, Venezuela

Africa's greenest cities:

1. Durban, South Africa
2. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3. Tshwane, South Africa
4. Johannesburg, South Africa
5. Cape Town, South Africa
6. Nairobi, Kenya
7. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
8. Dakar, Senegal
9. Accra, Ghana
10. Lagos, Nigeria

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