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The Role and Potential of Residential Open Space in a Suburban Green Space Network
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 2021Abstract As the climate changes, green spaces of all types will be increasingly important in maintaining livable and biodiverse communities. A type of green space common to suburban communities in the United States is residential open space. Residential open spaces tend to be small and heavily managed and are frequently undervalued and understudied ...
Amy J Lynch
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Residents’ Preferences and Perceptions Toward Green Open Spaces in an Urban Area
Sustainability, 2021 Green open space is an important part of the natural–social ecosystem, providing ecological services that maintain the healthy development of cities and society.
Liqin Zhang, Huhua Cao
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Monitoring of green, open and sealed urban space
2017 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), 2017In recent decades, urban sprawl became a serious European-wide problem, not only due to total land taken, but also due to its spatial distribution patterns and quality of the land consumed. Land use efficiency is becoming a prime political objective at both European and city level, and the EU Land Communication aims to establish “zero net land take ...
Jupová, K. +8 more
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A comparative requirement of space design: green and open space analysis
International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2020Planning guideline is a document that governs the design process of our physical environment. It is important in ensuring urban spatial development to oversee whether that is healthy, safe, attractive, and economically viable. This study focused on studying a few sets of planning guidelines, namely for Selangor, Melaka, and Johor States in Malaysia. To
Puziah Ahmad +3 more
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Biodiversity and Green Open Space
2014Biodiversity has been defined as the totality of genes, species, and ecosystems that inhabit the earth with the field contributing to many aspects of our lives and livelihoods by providing us with food, drink, medicines and shelter, as well as contributing to improving our surrounding environment.
Prance, Ghillean T. +2 more
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Green areas in open urban spaces
2005The paper consists in two parts: the first is about the effects of vegetation on microclimate in urban areas. Experimental data in different contexts case studies- are analysed in order to define strategies for cooling. The second part deal with a plant data base which the authors are elaborating to aid designers in the selection and use of plants ...
MARINO, Donatella +2 more
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