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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how a local environmental NGO in southern China transformed Guantouling Hill, once a prominent poaching hotspot along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, into a recognised model of community‐based biodiversity conservation.
Zheng Lin, Miao Chen
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Towards the Sustainability of Urban Development
Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2013 The paper concerns the social ecology of the city. It shows the different types of threats which metropolitan environment creates for citizens: lifestyle, social dissonance, security, management, enslavement, architectural weariness, identity ...
Wiesław Sztumski
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Determination of Factors Influencing Users’ Satisfaction with Urban Green Open Spaces in a sub-Sahara African City – Evidence from Enugu, Nigeria [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and LeisureThis study determined the factors that influence urban green open space users’ satisfaction with open spaces in Enugu urban, south-east Nigeria. The data were derived from a questionnaire survey of 394 open space visitors and analyzed using descriptive ...
Obinna UBANI +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests play a pivotal role in sustainability transitions. This article explores how people's relationships with forests, particularly how they care for or take care of them, shape and reflect broader tendencies and tensions in forest utilization and governance.
Jana Rebecca Holz
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New Aesthetics for House and Workspace. From the War Against Smells to the Search of Perfumes [PDF]
PadThe sense of smell has long been expunged from aesthetic reflection. Although we could refer to Condillac and the famous example of the statue that comes to life starting from the sense of smell, the French philosopher himself believed that smell was the
Pierluigi Panza
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Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2013 Recently wide process of urbanisation and migration of inhabitants from rural areas to large cities occurs in Latvia. The proportion of green areas in urban territories is decreasing with time, therefore it is important to maintain the existing greenery ...
Maija Jankevica
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The untapped potential of urban nature to generate well‐being within migrant communities
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urban nature supports mental health in cities, with benefits including reduced stress and anxiety, enhanced positive emotions and increased social connection. However, most evidence concerns dominant communities in high‐income countries, neglecting marginalised groups such as migrants, refugees, sexual minorities and neurodivergent individuals.
Catalina Mardones +3 more
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Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2018 Services related to leisure time are treated as an important factor in the development of cities - a factor creating urban recreational spaces. It is also important to provide such spaces with appropriate elements of infrastructure, which would ...
Mokras-Grabowska Justyna
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, 2007 Shrinkage is not a topic of much discussion in most OECD countries where the planning paradigm of growth has dominated the scene for many years. However, the debate has recently intensified in Germany, especially regarding its Eastern cities, posing new ...
Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina +1 more
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Planting for healthy air: Urban biodiversity enhances natural chemical environments
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Cities urgently need nature to improve public health, support biodiversity, and increase resilience to climate change. Yet not all green spaces offer the same benefits. In this study, we show that more diverse urban plantings create richer “chemical environments”; subtle, naturally scented atmospheres formed by plant emissions that can influence how ...
Aurora Ruggeri +5 more
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