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Urban park design and children’s physical activity levels: an investigation of design characteristics of green areas and playgrounds

Journal of engineering and applied sciences, 2022
Physical activity has a great impact on the development and overall health of children. Urban parks, which generally feature both green areas and playgrounds, offer children a wide range of opportunities to be physically active. However, previous studies
Shereen A. El-Kholy, Y. Moustafa, Manal S. Abou El-Ela   +2 more
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Public and Private Economic Feasibility of Green Areas as a Passive Energy Measure: A Case Study in the Mediterranean City of Trapani in Southern Italy

Sustainability, 2022
Green infrastructure in urban environments provides a wide range of ecological, social, aesthetic, and health co-benefits. Urban plant covers in particular contribute to improved outdoor environmental conditions that, in turn, influence the energy ...
Grazia Napoli, R. Corrao, G. Scaccianoce, S. Barbaro, L. Cirrincione   +4 more
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Mechanisms of MicroRNA Biogenesis and Stability Control in Plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of endogenous, non-coding RNAs, which is 20–24 nucleotide long, regulate the expression of its target genes post-transcriptionally and play critical roles in plant normal growth, development, and biotic and abiotic stresses ...
Lu Zhang, Lu Zhang, Yu Xiang, Shengbo Chen, Min Shi, Xianda Jiang, Zhuoli He, Shuai Gao   +7 more
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Public Perceptions of the Socioeconomic Importance of Urban Green Areas in the Era of COVID-19: A Case Study of a Nationwide Survey in Greece

Land, 2022
Considering the emerging challenges posed by the spread of COVID-19, this study was designed to evaluate citizens’ perceptions of the role of urban green areas in the era of COVID-19 in Greece.
Antonios Kolimenakis, A. Solomou, N. Proutsos, Evangelia V. Avramidou, E. Korakaki, Georgios Karetsos, A. Kontogianni, Konstantinos Kontos, C. Georgiadis, Georgios Maroulis, Eleftherios Papagiannis, K. Lagouvardos, Konstantinia Tsagkari   +12 more
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The role of urban green areas in noise pollution attenuation

DYNA, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the biophysical characteristics of green areas with the reduction of noise propagation.The study was conducted in two green areas located in the city of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Allan Rodrigo Nunho dos Reis, D. Biondi, Jefferson Dias de Oliveira   +2 more
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The Socioeconomic Welfare of Urban Green Areas and Parks; A Literature Review of Available Evidence

Sustainability, 2021
Urban green areas present a lucid example for the harmonious co-existence of the artificial and natural environments best illustrated by their interdependence and interconnection in urban spaces.
Antonios Kolimenakis, A. Solomou, N. Proutsos, Evangelia V. Avramidou, E. Korakaki, Georgios Karetsos, Georgios Maroulis, Eleftherios Papagiannis, Konstantinia Tsagkari   +8 more
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Using GEOBIA and Vegetation Indices to Assess Small Urban Green Areas in Two Climatic Regions

Remote Sensing, 2022
The importance of small urban green areas has increased in the context of rapid urbanization and the densification of the urban tissue. The analysis of these areas through remote sensing has been limited due to the low spatial resolution of freely ...
A. Popa, D. Onose, I. Şandric, Evangelos Dosiadis, G. Petropoulos, A. Gavrilidis, A. Faka   +6 more
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Research Progress in Leaf Related Molecular Breeding of Cucurbitaceae

Agronomy, 2022
Cucurbitaceae crops play an important role in agricultural production, and they are a primary source of vegetables and fruits for daily needs. The cultivation of cucurbit varieties with excellent agronomic characters has attracted much attention in ...
Yafei Liu, Huinan Xu, Huasen Wang, Shengjun Feng   +3 more
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Socioeconomic and Environmental Benefits of Expanding Urban Green Areas: A Joint Application of i-Tree and LCA Approaches

Land, 2022
Green infrastructures deliver countless functions for counteracting climate change, air pollution, floods, and heat islands, contributing at the same time to water and carbon recycling as well as to renewable energies and feedstock provisioning. Properly
Mariana Oliveira, R. Santagata, S. Kaiser, Yanxin Liu, C. Vassillo, Patrizia Ghisellini, Gengyuan Liu, S. Ulgiati   +7 more
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Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study [PDF]

, 2008
<b>Background:</b> Studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment, or so-called green space, has an independent effect on health and health-related behaviours.
Bibby, Brunner, Cohen, Davey-Smith, de Vries, Frank Popham, Giles-Corti, Grahn, Groenewegen, Hartig, Humpel, Jerrett, Kaczynski, Kahn, Kiecolt-Glaser, Krewski, Maas, Macintyre, Mackenbach, Mackenbach, Marmot, Marmot, Mitchell, Mitchell, Nowak, Popham, Pretty, Richard Mitchell, Roux, Saelens, Smith, Smith, Smith, Tardon, Ulrich, Ulrich, van den Berg, Warburton, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Williams, Woods, Yusuf   +43 more
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