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Reassessing the role of urban green space in air pollution control

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Significance Our findings indicate that the relationship between urban vegetation and air quality is more complex than previously thought. While urban greening has other positive health outcomes for residents, our study suggests that it may not be an ...
Z. Venter, Amirhossein Hassani, Erik Stange, Philipp Schneider, Núria Castell   +4 more
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Dominance of forest structural traits in shaping soil bacterial community assembly in Beijing’s urban forests

Frontiers in Soil Science
Urban forests constitute vital ecological interfaces between built environments and natural systems, yet the mechanisms driving soil microbial community assembly in these ecosystems remain poorly understood.
Yi Zheng, Conghai Han, Jixin Cao, Yanchun Wang, Huiwen Hu, Dongyan Yan, Yushu Zhang, Xixi Zhang, Wei Dai, Zuzheng Li, Xi Ding   +10 more
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Perceived urban green and residents’ health in Beijing

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Green space serves urban residents in various functions including promoting health, but the roles of different types of green space are unclear. A survey titled “Healthy Neighborhood” was conducted in Beijing from May to July 2019 to examine and compare ...
Jingxue Xu, Fahui Wang, Li Chen, Wenzhong Zhang   +3 more
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Challenges facing green space: is statute the answer? [PDF]

, 2019
Against a backdrop of austerity, characterised by public-sector funding cuts and a devolutionary agenda, this paper explores how legislation might address two, inter-related challenges which face public urban green space ('greenspace') in England and ...
Bennett, Ellen, Dickinson, Jill, Marson, James   +2 more
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Examining green space characteristics for social cohesion and mental health outcomes: A sensitivity analysis in four European cities

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
(Denmark). Green space data from OpenStreetMap was manually adjusted using the PRIGSHARE guidelines. We used the AID-PRIGSHARE tool to generate 7 indicators about green space characteristics measured in distances from 100 – 1500 m, every 100 m.
Marcel Cardinali, M. Beenackers, G. Fleury-Bahi, Philippe Bodénan, Milena Petrova, Arjan van Timmeren, U. Pottgiesser   +6 more
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A Novel Framework for Assessing Urban Green Space Equity Integrating Accessibility and Diversity: A Shenzhen Case Study

Remote Sensing
Urban green spaces (UGS) are essential for residents’ well-being, environmental quality, and social cohesion. However, previous studies have typically employed undifferentiated analytical frameworks, overlooking UGS types and failing to adequately ...
Fei Chang, Zhengdong Huang, Wen Liu, Jiacheng Huang   +3 more
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Konsep Pengembangan Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) Pada Permukiman Kepadatan Tinggi

Jurnal Pembangunan Wilayah dan Kota, 2013
Surakarta has a concept of “Eco Cultural City” which has been realized by performing efforts to increase the quality and quantity of green open space, especially in high density residential.
Indah Susilowati, Nurini Nurini
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Physiological and affective responses to green space virtual reality among pregnant women.

Environmental Research, 2022
BACKGROUND Benefits of green spaces on stress reduction have been shown in previous studies. Most existing studies to date have focused on the general population.
Yi Sun, Fu Li, Tao He, Y. Meng, Jie Yin, Ilona S. Yim, Liyan Xu, Jun Wu   +7 more
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Critical review on the cooling effect of urban blue-green space: A threshold-size perspective

, 2020
The cooling effect of blue-green space has been recognized as a promising approach to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI), while the quantitative role (threshold-size for cooling) is still uncertain.
Zhaowu Yu, Gaoyuan Yang, S. Zuo, G. Jørgensen, Motoya Koga, H. Vejre   +5 more
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How Does Urban Green Space Impact Residents’ Mental Health: A Literature Review of Mediators

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
In recent years, the interest in the relationship between urban green space and residents’ mental health has gradually risen. A number of researchers have investigated the causal relationship and possible mediators between the two, although few have ...
Kaili Chen, Tianzheng Zhang, Fangyuan Liu, Yingjie Zhang, Yanjiao Song   +4 more
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