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Urban Green Space Arrangement for an Optimal Landscape Planning Strategy for Runoff Reduction

open access: yesLand, 2021
Increased impervious surfaces due to urbanization have reduced evaporation and infiltration into the soil compared with existing natural water cycle systems, which causes various problems, such as urban floods, landslides, and deterioration of water ...
Byungsun Yang, Dongkun Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-scenario simulation of spatial structure and carbon sequestration evaluation in residential green space

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2023
As an important component of urban green space, residential green space is crucial in improving the carbon sequestration performance of urban ecosystem.
Hangna Dong   +3 more
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Study on Spatial layout and Environmental Equity of Urban green Space in Nanning City based on GIS [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Urban green space plays a vital role in urban environment. The research finds that at present, the domestic focus of urban green space is mainly focused on the internal relationship between economic, social and spatial change, but there is still a lack ...
Peixi Xie
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Multifunctional Green Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: How Does Urban Shrinkage Affect Green Space Planning?

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2022
Despite global urbanization, not all cities have increasing populations. While not homogenous, shrinking cities arguably have different opportunities and challenges for green space than growing cities.
Olivia Lewis, Sílvia Sousa, Paulo Pinho
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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   +119 more
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Green Space

open access: yes, 2022
Green Space uses traditional and digital media to create an ecosystem that is tentatively familiar, but unstable; glitching the lines between the real and the facade and navigating the space in-between. I look to surveillance imagery, photographic and video conventions, and contemporary mapping technologies to question the effects these visuals have on
openaire   +2 more sources

Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +43 more
core   +1 more source

Green Spaces as Healthy Places: Correlates of Urban Green Space Use in Singapore

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when stress levels were heightened and social connections were threatened, a spike in green space visits was observed. Drawing upon the value–belief–norm (VBN) theory, which explains the influence of personal values and world view on perceived obligations to the environment and to action, relevant correlates were examined ...
Denise Dillon, Sean T. H. Lee
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Green Space for Mental Health in the COVID-19 Era: A Pathway Analysis in Residential Green Space Users

open access: yesLand, 2022
Residential green space is among the most accessible types of urban green spaces and may help maintain mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is insufficiently understood how residents use residential green space for exercise during the ...
Hansen Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural environments and suicide mortality in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional, ecological study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Natural outdoor environments, such as green spaces (ie, grass, forests, or parks), blue spaces (ie, visible bodies of fresh or salt water), and coastal proximity, have been increasingly shown to promote mental health.
de Beurs, Derek   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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