Applying Integration Analysis for Typological Identification of Urban Forests in Zagreb

As key components of green infrastructure, urban forests support biodiversity, improve environmental quality and residents’ well-being. They contribute to cultural, historic and aesthetic values of cities and function as important open public spaces for rest and recreation. This study examines the potential of using space syntax, a quantitative method for analysing spatial configuration, as a tool for assessing inherent spatial characteristics of urban forest’s configurations in Zagreb, Croatia. Together with comparisons to protected natural and cultural heritage areas, these findings provide a basis for developing an analytical framework for typological identification of urban forests. These preliminary results indicate correlation of high accessibility and significant cultural and historical value. By combining urban morphology, geospatial analysis and heritage protection, this research demonstrates how quantitative metrics can inform evidence-based planning strategies with comparative categorisation of spatial urban systems that promote sustainability, biodiversity and cultural values.