These are the top 10 cities in the world with maximum green cover

• The Wealth Report in the City Wellbeing Index compiled top cities around the world with the most access to green space.
  
  
• Oslo was the top city in the list with the highest of 68% of public spaces comprise of parks and gardens.
  

As cities develop most of them end up turning into concrete jungles. But that is changing and greenery is a key element when it comes to assessing quality of life, according to Knight Frank Wealth Report.

“The conventional steel, glass and concrete structures that adorn many a vertical global city are being augmented by more hybrid solutions that integrate sky courts and sky gardens as alternative open and social spaces. They can enhance the health and wellbeing of citizens through exposure to greenery, natural light and ventilation,” Professor Jason Pomeroy, founding principal of Singapore-based sustain-able design firm Pomeroy Studio told The Wealth Report.

While countries New Zealand are creating new sustainable cities like Auranga, a few old cities like Dubai are being revamped in line with the new principles of sustainability. “Who we become as people is defined by where and how we live. The desire is to reimagine a new way of living, not just through technology and gadgets and fitness but by putting wellbeing at the core, and building around it,” Charles Ma of MADE Group told the report.

The report also recognized other initiatives like Barcelona which reworked its city design with “superblocks” that allow pedestrians. “In Amsterdam, which ranks seventh in our index, new blue-green roofs are being installed, which can absorb more water than normal green roofs, protecting homes from flooding, heat and drought,” the report said.

The Wealth Report in the City Wellbeing Index compiled top cities around the world with the most access to green space analysed 40 global cities. European cities dominated the results.

Here is the list of top 10 cities with the most green cover around the globe.