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Is level of neighbourhood green space associated with physical activity in green space? [PDF]

, 2013
Background There is accumulating evidence that greater availability of green space in a neighbourhood is associated with health benefits for the local population.
Mitchell, R., Ord, K., Pearce, J.
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Biodiversity Impact of Green Roofs and Constructed Wetlands as Progressive Eco-Technologies in Urban Areas [PDF]

, 2019
The total amount of sealed surfaces is increasing in many urban areas, which presents a challenge for sewerage systems and wastewater treatment plants when extreme rainfall events occur. One promising solution approach is the application of decentralized
Knapp, Sonja, Schmauck, Sebastian, Zehnsdorf, Andreas   +2 more
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Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas [PDF]

Sustainability, 2018
According to the European Commission, green infrastructure (GI) is conceived as a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas. This definition highlights three important issues: environment protection, ecosystems multifunctionality and ecological connectivity.
Lai Sabrina, Leone Federica, Zoppi Corrado   +2 more
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Applying remote sensing techniques to monitor green areas in Tashkent Uzbekistan

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Land use and land cover (LULC) change are one of the most important signals of regional environmental monitoring and study. Recently, the pull of capital cities has snowballed, an increasing number of people moving to the cities, especially in developing
I. Aslanov, Uzbekkhon Mukhtorov, Rahimjon Mahsudov, U. Makhmudova, S. Alimova, L. Djurayeva, O. Ibragimov   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Urban Green Areas and Woody Plant Composition: Dwelling Space Quality Factor in the Klokočina Housing Estate

, 2021
The environment of a city is influenced by global and local climate changes, pollution load from transport, industry and local heat sources. Green spaces as part of the urban green infrastructure fulfil multiple ecosystem services and improve the ...
Mária Bihunová, J. Supuka, A. Tóth, Karol Šinka, Gabriel Kuczman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Access and Use of Green Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Green Infrastructure Management in the “New Normal”

Sustainability, 2020
This study aims to identify the influence of the socioeconomic attributes and environmental contexts of citizens’ residential areas on the access and use of green areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Y. Uchiyama, R. Kohsaka
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Citizen Science Data to Measure Human Use of Green Areas and Forests in European Cities

, 2021
Understanding and explaining the use of green spaces and forests is challenging for sustainable urban planning. In recent years there has been increasing demand for novel approaches to investigate urban green infrastructure by capitalizing on large ...
V. E. Cambria, T. Campagnaro, G. Trentanovi, R. Testolin, F. Attorre, T. Sitzia   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review [PDF]

, 2007
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being.
Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Barrett, Bartley, Beier, Bengtsson, Bixler, Bodin, Bolund, Booth, Bratton, Brunner, Brussard, Butler, Cairns, Calow, Collins, Costanza, Costanza, Davey-Smith, Davey-Smith, de Groot, de Leo, de Vries, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Dunn, Ehrlich, Faber-Taylor, Flores, Grimm, Haddad, Haeuber, Haila, Hartig, Hartig, Henwood, Hobbs, Horwitz, Humpel, Humpel, Jari Niemela, Jongman, Kalevi Korpela, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kim, Kinzig, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Lackey, Levin, Li, Loreau, Lu, Macintyre, Macintyre, Mageau, Mayer, Millennium Assessment, Moss, Naeem, Newell, Noss, Odum, Opdam, O’Campo, Paton, Patz, Payne, Philip James, Pickett, Pickett, Pikora, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rioux, Ross, Rudlin, Sallis, Sandström, Schrijnen, Simberloff, St Leger, Stephen Venn, Stokols, Takano, Tanaka, Tilman, Troyer, Turner, Turner, Ulrich, Ulrich, Ulrich, van der Ryn, van Kamp, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Walmsley, Wells, Westphal, Whitford, Wicklum, Wilson, Yli-Pelkonen, Zielhuis, Zielinski-Gutierrez, Zipperer   +119 more
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An optimization model for the management of green areas

International Transactions in Operational Research, 2021
In this paper, we present an optimization model for the management of the green area in order to find the optimal green surface to absorb CO 2 emissions of industrialized cities. We obtain a minimization problem and the related variational inequality.
P. Daniele, D. Sciacca
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accessibility of green areas for local residents

, 2021
Green spaces play an important role in urban areas. We study the accessibility of green urban areas by combining open data sets about green with population size data.
Corine M. Laan, N. Piersma
semanticscholar   +1 more source