Urban Green
Socio economic characteristics and utilization of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia
... of green space. A narrow approach to handling the depletion of urban green spaces with much emphasis given to urbanisation may worsen the problem since other major challenges may not be attended ...
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The Influence of Urban Green Systems on the Urban Heat Island Effect in London
... Abstract. Urban areas are typically warmer than rural ...Rapid urban expansion in dense cities bares direct impact on surface and air temperature patterns within street canyons; a phenomena which is known ...
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Urban green infrastructure and competitiveness of cities in India
... Urban green infrastructure investments in India: Green infrastructure is perceived as offering lower economic returns compared to other forms of built infrastructure, such as housing and ...of ...
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Information technology and urban green analysis
... that green area plays a pivotal role in improving urban environment, such as preserving water and soil, controlling temperature and humidity of air, preventing pollution, flood prevention, functioning as ...
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Considerations in the valuation of urban green space: Accounting for user participation
... in urban areas where green spaces provide multiple services according to use and ...of urban nature, and the socially-mediated nature of its ...managed green spaces in a north-west England ...
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People and Environment: A Quantitative Analysis of Attitudes and Behavior toward Media of Urban Green Spaces
... Nowadays, communication channels are significantly increased and target audiences can access many of these channels freely. Moreover, from previous research, there are still no specific studies on media of urban ...
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Urban Green Spaces and an Integrative Approach to Sustainable Environment
... of green spaces [4]. People in close proximity to a green space use it more ...of green spaces in the city in- fluences people ...of green areas and easy access ...the green spaces more ...
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Integrating spatial accessibility estimates derived from crowdsourced, commercial, and authoritative geo-datasets: Case study of mapping accessibility to urban green space in the Tokyo-Yokohama area
... of urban green space varied for each ...dataset, urban green spaces were considered as any features having a “park” tag, which includes areas of open space for recreation, typically having a ...
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Potential Application of Change in Urban Green Space as an Indicator of Urban Environmental Quality Change
... understand urban environmental quality [10, ...of urban environmental quality. Moore, et al [15], explored urban environmental quality within three UK’s major cities: London, Sheffield and ...of ...
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Effects of green spaces on urban microclimate in residential areas in hot and humid climates
... of urban heat islands. Housing schemes should have green spaces that are capable of mitigating urban heat ...of green spaces is hard to ...of urban green spaces in a residential ...
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Understanding People’s Motives for visiting Public Green Spaces in Accra to aid the Development of Urban Greenery in Ghana
... visiting urban green areas in Accra discovered are as follows: “to do something together with family/children or friends, ...identified green spaces’ physical features, conditions of facilities, ...
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Sustainable urban biophilia: The case of greenskins for urban density
... and green spaces in our cities for its natural resource values and for its associated environmental and socio-economic benefits it provides to people living a built ...environment. Green Infrastructure ...
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The Sustainability System Design for Urban Planning
... high. Urban green energy system application, urban intelligent green building system application, and intelligent energy management systems are recommended ...
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Partnerships for Urban Forestry and Green Infrastructure Delivering Services to People and the Environment: A Review on What They Are and Aim to Achieve
... designed urban forests and GI is a challenging task. Opinions on how much urban forest is needed and how it should be designed, managed and maintained may differ between local residents and the various ...
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03frombrown.pdf
... services urban green space provides in terms of enhancing biological diversity, breaking down organic wastes, filtering pollutants from soil and water, managing air pollutants, moderating urban ...
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The impact of walking in different urban environments on brain activity in older people
... showed green space scenes were associated with increased levels of ‘ meditation ’ and lower levels of ‘ excitement ’ , and these physiological fi ndings were matched by participants ’ preference for green ...
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Flooding, flood sources and flood defences
... an urban area with its drainage system which for the sake of simplicity is not affected by river or coastal ...most urban areas it is surrounded by near urban green space which drains into or ...
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Climate change and declining levels of green structures:Life in informal settlements of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
... between urban poverty and ecosystem services. This is evident in the ways urban ecosystems are positioned both as a concern and an opportunity for addressing urban ...to urban green ...
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Progress with integration of ecosystem services in sustainable drainage system
... Flood management policy and practice has morphed from localised ‘defence’ of assets towards an ecosystems-based, adaptive approach working with natural processes (Colls et al., 2009) partly responding to severe flooding, ...
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Does where you live matter to your health? Investigating factors that influence the self-rated health of urban and rural Chinese residents: evidence drawn from Chinese General Social Survey data
... with urban residents, rural residents are more likely to overrate or underrate the environmental pollution problems at their places of residence, since they have insufficient means and less ability to acquire ...
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