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Small urban green areas

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021
Abstract This paper studies the size and location of small urban green areas across city spaces. Small urban green areas offer amenities that affect residential choices, land consumption and land rent. This paper discusses the land use and locations of those areas and the resulting residential space allocation.
P.M. Picard, T.T.H. Tran
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Green areas and students' academic performance in the Federal District, Brazil: An assessment of three greenness metrics.

Environmental Research, 2022
Most of the epidemiological investigations looking at the health benefits of green spaces have measured the level of green areas by using only one approach, mainly the Normalized Difference Index - NDVI (a satellite-derived indicator).
W. Réquia, M. Adams
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Exploring green areas in Polish cities in context of anthropogenic land use changes

The Anthropocene Review, 2022
Recent decades saw a global degradation of ecosystems and climate change caused by rapid anthropogenic socio-economic growth. The paper investigates spatio-temporal changes in green areas in Polish cities.
T. Noszczyk   +3 more
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Quantitative Relationship between Urban Green Canopy Area and Urban Greening Land Area

Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 2021
Abstract The urban green space ratio (GSR) is the ratio of the urban greening land area to the built-up area and is an indicator for controlling land use for greening in urban development in China....
Jiening Wang   +4 more
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Using geographical information systems to measure accessibility of green areas in the urban center of Nevşehir, Turkey

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021
The problem of how to ensure the accessibility of green areas is a significant issue for urban planners and leaders. Every segment of society should have access to green areas.
M. Ergen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The ‘green area’ concept

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 1997
The paper discusses the application of a new cell management system implemented in a UK company. The system was originally based upon the Nissan ‘green area’ (GA) concept but it was extended at the company into a complete business management structure covering the entire business.
B Norridge, N D Burns, C J Backhouse
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School Green Areas

2015
The World Health Organization says that all cities and towns should have a minimum of 9 square meters (m2) of green space per person. In Latin America there are 3.5 m2 per capita. What is it like in your town?
Marina Robles   +3 more
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The Effect of Green Areas on Urban Microclimate: A University Campus Model Case

Applied Sciences
Urbanization and the reduction of green spaces have significantly contributed to problems such as rising temperatures and declining air quality in urban areas. This study examines the impact of different types of green areas—broadleaved trees, coniferous
Gülcay Ercan Oğuztürk   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forests and urban green areas as tools to address the challenges of sustainability in Latin American urban socio-ecological systems

, 2020
One sustainability challenge is confronting the process of global urbanization considering wellbeing and environmental justice. Integrating different disciplines to describe and analyze the relationships of urban socio-ecological systems gives us useful ...
Santiago Bonilla-Bedoya   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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