Leveraging Data Science for Sustainable Green Space Planning in Mumbai
Introduction: Mumbai is one of the largest urban centres in the world, and as a city with a growing population, it is experiencing an actual struggle to manage the issue of green landscapes. Landscape gardens, parks, and other naturalisation areas offer significant social and environmental value to the city's people, including aeration. But again, infrastructural developments, urbanization, and population growth can always put these areas in a perilous and vulnerable position. In this regard, data science has been found as a newer scientific approach to aid urban planners in the best use of green cover. From huge databases of population density, air quality, urbanization, or even public opinions, data science brings solutions that can contribute to making a better future for the city’s green zones. The Importance of Urban Green Spaces in Mumbai Open spaces in urban areas are essential to the environment generally, but their importance is even more evident in high-population areas...