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Exploring the relationship between mental health and urban green space soundscapes: A scoping review. [PDF]
PLoS ONEUrban soundscapes, particularly those experienced in green spaces, have been increasingly recognized as factors that influence human mental health. This scoping review explores the existing literature on soundscapes within urban green spaces and their ...
Elham Ahmadi +8 more
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Perceived services and disservices of natural treatment systems for urban stormwater: Insight from the next generation of designers [PDF]
People and Nature, 2022 Abstract Natural treatment systems (NTS) for stormwater have the potential to provide a myriad of ecosystem services to society. Realizing this potential requires active collaboration among engineers, ecologists and landscape planners and begins with a paradigm shift in communication whereby these groups are made aware of each other's perceptions ...
Megan A. Rippy +7 more
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Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2021 Purpose Colourful street furniture, fitness and playground equipment has become increasingly common in contemporary urban green spaces. The study aims to increase knowledge about their influence on human perception of urban park settings, and explore ...
Petra Thorpert, Jan-Eric Englund
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 An urban built environment is an important part of the daily lives of urban residents. Correspondingly, a poor design can lead to psychological stress, which can be harmful to their psychological and physical well-being.
Xin Han +5 more
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The influence of natural environments on creativity
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 This study investigated the effects of different natural environments on attention restoration and creativity. To compare the restorative benefits based on the degrees of perceived naturalness in urban areas, this study categorized environments into ...
Chin-Wen Yeh +2 more
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Soundscape and perceived suitability for recreation in an urban designated quiet zone [PDF]
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2016 Abstract Green urban parks can offer city dwellers a place to withdraw from traffic noise. However, the significance of the sonic environment for suitability for recreational activities and how to measure this in an appropriate manner, has not been given much research attention.
Katinka H. Evensen +2 more
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A qualitative examination of urban vs rural sustainable consumption behaviours of energy and water consumers in the emerging Egyptian market [PDF]
Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2019 Purpose – The study aims to investigate the differences among urban and rural consumers in terms of their energy and water sustainable consumption behaviour levels and drivers and also empirically blueprint conceptual frameworks highlighting urban and ...
Omneya A. Marzouk
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Influence of Perceived Environmental Quality on the Perceived Restorativeness of Public Spaces
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Parks and town squares can play an important role by offering spaces for cognitive restorativeness in urban contexts. Therefore, it is important that these spaces be designed in a way that encourages restorativeness.
María Luisa Ríos-Rodríguez +5 more
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Indicator selection combining audio and visual perception of urban green spaces
Ecological Indicators, 2022 Recent studies revealed the importance of combined qualities of sound and the visual landscape for human well-being in urban green spaces (UGS). Yet, there is a lack of implementing urban design and management in urban green enviroments that promotes ...
Yi Xiang +4 more
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