Comparative Analysis of Geoinformation Methods for Assessing the Comfort of Urbanized Areas

The article presents the results of a methodology for assessing the comfort potential and prospects for the development of green infrastructure in urbanized areas based on two proven indi- ces. Significant differences in the differentiation of landscapes when using a hexagonal grid in the calculation of the updated geoinformation index of the potential for the development of urban comfort are highlighted. The hexagonal grid allows you to compare individual urban areas without taking into account the area factor. The values of the normalized difference building index and the normalized difference vegetation index have been introduced into the updated geoinformation index of the urban environment comfort development potential, which take into account the peculiarities of the development of the economic and green infrastructure of the urbanized territory. The latter takes into account the entire green infrastructure and the state of vegetation, and also evaluates the existing urban landscape as a promising area for the development or expansion of the recreational component. Two sectors have been identified for the favorable development of recreational areas – the northwestern part of the city, occupying the watershed spaces of the Ural-Sakmara interfluve and the floodplain of the Sakmara River, and the southern – high floodplain, the first and second floodplain terraces of the Ural River. These urban spaces are included in the maximum and optimal level of green infrastructure development according to the calculations of the two indices presented.