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Parental influence on children’s physical activity in urban green spaces

İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2016
This study explores parents’ influence on children’s physical activity (PA) in urban green spaces (UGS). In this study, “children” includes both younger children and adolescents, ages 1-18.
Abdullah Akpınar, Murat Cankurt
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Residents’ Views and Perceptions for the Use and Design of the Urban Green Infrastructure to the Second Largest Municipality of Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki

Proceedings
Urban green infrastructure captures an appreciation of urban green as essential infrastructure that is as important to a good quality of urban life as technical or social infrastructures.
Paraskevi Karanikola, Stilianos Tampakis, Aikaterini Karipidou-Kanari, Antonios Tampakis   +3 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Spatial Distribution and Quality Status of Open Green Spaces and Parks in Calabar Metropolitan Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
Urban green areas are often seen in highly developed countries as urban green lungs because of their ability to mediate between man and nature. However, it is not the case in developing countries, where the means of subsistence are considered pivotal ...
Josiah Nwabueze Obiefuna, Ebin Okah Inah, Maurice Paul Nkong, Ame Edet Ekong   +3 more
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"The White Men Bought the Forests": Conservation and Contestation in Guinea-Bissau, Western Africa

Conservation & Society, 2012
Both fortress and community-based approaches to conservation have shown poor (sometimes negative) results in terms of environmental protection and poverty reduction. Either approach can also trigger grassroots resistance.
Marina Padrão Temudo
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Assessing the level of greening in a major city: subjective and objective evaluation on the example of the city of Kyiv

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2020
One of the ways to ensure the sustainable development of settlements is to improve comfort of living in urban areas. The formation of a developed landscaping system is one of the priorities of modern city development and provides an opportunity to ...
Pleshkanovska Alla Mikhailivna
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Paradise Regained? Localised and Limited Nature Connexions in the UK's Covid-19 Lockdown

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
Research has suggested that connexions between humans and the natural world lead to increased well-being and generate pro-environmental attitudes, which in turn benefit nature. This article asks whether users of outdoor public spaces in the UK during the
Julian Dobson, Tony Gore, Kim Graham, Kate Swade   +3 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of public urban parks for physical activity practice in Bucaramanga, Colombia

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2017
The characteristics of parks (availability, accessibility, conservation, quality, safety, etc.) are important predictors of their use for physical activity practices.
Paula Camila Ramirez, Diana Marina Camargo, Vanesa Quiroga, Ana Paola Rios, Rogério César Fermino, Olga Lucia Sarmiento   +5 more
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“Nothing Beats Nature”: Park Visitor Preferences for Natural Turfgrass and Artificial Turf: A Case Study

HortScience, 2023
Green spaces comprising natural turfgrass are ubiquitous in urban areas globally and allow for a variety of ecosystem services that benefit nature and people.
Michael R. Barnes, Eric Watkins
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