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Street Tree Redevelopment in Rome’s Historical Landscapes: From Strategic Vision to Streetscape Design

open access: yesLand
Street trees play a fundamental role in shaping pedestrian sidewalks, squares, and small rest areas, enriching the public space, together with paving, street furniture, and lighting. However, the project of street tree lines along urban sidewalks remains
Matteo Clemente
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Correlation between Streetscape and Economic Vitality Using Machine Learning: A Case Study in the Old Urban District of Xuzhou, China

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023
The streetscapes of old urban districts record the changes in urban space and the vitality of socio-economic entities like storefronts. However, prior studies of urban vitality have preferred the demand end of crowd agglomeration to the supply end of ...
Keran Li, Yan Lin
doaj   +1 more source

From Policy to Action: Co‐Designing Research With Local Government to Advance Urban Greening

open access: yesHealth Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Issue Addressed Urban greenspaces are widely recognised for their benefits to public health, the environment and climate resilience and are supported by strong policy commitments across federal, state and local governments. However, Australian cities continue to experience net greenspace loss, reflecting a gap between policy commitments and ...
Carmel Williams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eye-Tracking and Visual Preference: Maybe Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder?

open access: yesLand
The “Content-Identifying Methodology”, or CIM, is an approach developed by environmental psychologists Rachel and Stephen Kaplan to understand the landscape characteristics that people find visually attractive.
Patrick A. Miller
doaj   +1 more source

Approach for Designing and Evaluating Pedestrian Districts Case Study Zamalek District

open access: yesJournal of Urban Research, 2022
Creating a healthy environment is a great challenge, as most of nation streets turn to be highways instead of being streets. The main reasons for the research are to save the culture view, with its walkable network, to overcome the lack of regulation for
Nisreen Samy Abdeen
doaj   +1 more source

Insights on the spatial configuration of collective spaces within forming dynamics: the relation between infrastructure and urban transformation in Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The research seeks to produce insights on the spatial configuration of collective spaces where large scale infrastructure propels urban transformation.
Chiappini, María Cecilia   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Managing the margins: Practitioner perspectives on barriers and solutions for biodiversity‐friendly roadside management in Germany

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 945-957, April 2026.
Abstract Roadsides can provide habitats, refuges and corridors for various plant and insect species. Preserving and enhancing these ecosystems can mitigate biodiversity loss and improve connectivity in fragmented landscapes. Despite growing evidence supporting biodiversity‐friendly management strategies, large‐scale implementation has not been realized.
Hanna S. Paikert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Inequality in Sight: Exploring Urban Visual Perception and Sentiment Across Income Levels

open access: yesTransactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Visual perception and sentimental expression are interconnected cognitive processes that shape environmental interaction, functioning at different levels across populations. Despite their inherent connection, prior studies have examined them in isolation, focusing on physical environments and overlooking diverse populations.
Ketong Shen, Jian Liu, Xintao Liu
wiley   +1 more source

The Nature of Context-Sensitive Solutions, Stakeholder Involvement and Critical Issues in the Urban Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Over the last several decades many transportation and planning agencies have experienced conflicting demands emerging from the need to develop projects in an expeditious manner while at the same time involving stakeholders in the decision-making process,
Botha, Jan, Panero, Marta
core   +1 more source

Daytime Visual Walkability: A Systematic Review

open access: yesTransactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The term walkability refers to the degree to which pedestrians are willing to walk along a street. However, walkability is a broad concept that includes various subcategories and assessment methods. In this article, we present a literature review on a less commonly studied aspect of walkability: “Visual Walkability”.
Chongan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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