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Garden Streetscapes: Front Yards as Territorial Confi gurations

Landscape Review, 2016
Too often, we assume great streets are defi ned by great buildings. Yet manystreetscapes distinguish themselves by the presence of fl ower or vegetable gardens, front yards or backyards, allotment gardens, community playing fi elds or parks.Gardens, as a
Kris Scheerlinck, Yves Schoonjans
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Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Urban greenspace has been associated with improved cognition and reduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD‐related dementias (ADRD) risk, but findings remain mixed, study quality varies, and evidence is largely cross‐sectional. To advance the field, we offer guidance to select and apply greenspace exposure measures in AD/ADRD research.
Ingrid Jarvis, Lilah Besser, Jessica Finlay, Perry Hystad, Kevin J. Lane, Ruth F. Hunter, Peter James, Marcia Pescador Jiménez, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Matilda van den Bosch, David Van Riper, Jinkook Lee, Dany Doiron, Jeffrey Brook, Sara D. Adar, Michael Brauer   +15 more
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People–Place Relationships in Regenerative Urban Assemblages: Streetscape Composition and Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults

Land
Cities are undergoing rapid transformations due to global trends such as population aging, climate change, and increasing social diversity. In order to address these challenges, urban planning must adopt regenerative approaches that enhance subjective ...
Takuo Inoue, Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayama, Hideki Koizumi   +3 more
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The Use of Digital Twins in the Preservation of Historic Streetscapes: Opportunities and Limitations

Urban Science
In the recent past, digital twins have seen increasing attention in cultural heritage management studies. Digital twins have emerged as dynamic virtual representations of buildings, streetscapes, and urban environments that by integrating sensors, real ...
Dirk H. R. Spennemann
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Which Factors Enhance the Perceived Restorativeness of Streetscapes: Sound, Vision, or Their Combined Effects? Insights from Four Street Types in Nanjing, China

Land
Streetscapes play a critical role in restorative landscapes, offering opportunities for promoting public well-being. Previous studies have predominantly examined the influence of visual and auditory stimuli on perceived restorativeness independently ...
Xi Lu, Jiamin Xu, Eckart Lange, Jingwen Cao   +3 more
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Urban Signs/Signs of the Urban: Of Scenes and Streetscapes

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2009
No abstract available.
Geoff Stahl
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Streetscapes as Collective Spaces in Dar es Salaam’s Informal Settlements

In_Bo
Due to a massive shortage of housing alternatives, the creation and expansion of informal settlements in the global South have become an instant answer for individuals searching for places to live.
Jacob Lutta, Yves Schoonjans
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A SMALL PLAZA AND A STREETSCAPE IN KUROMON-CHO

Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics, 2017
To place architecture streetscape. This study examines streetscapes through a case study of an architectural design. The author has involved in construction and renovations of three adjacent houses. The construction of the oldest house dates back to 1881.
Naomi Ando
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Enhancing the Accessibility of Pedestrian Environments: Critical Reflections on the Role of the Public Sector Equality Duty

Laws
The British Equality Act 2010’s Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) aims to mainstream equality into the decision-making of public authorities. Although it has generated substantial critique, it has been the subject of surprisingly few empirical ...
Anna Lawson, Maria Orchard, Ieva Eskyte, Morgan Campbell   +3 more
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Street greenery design strategies to mitigate urban heat islands using the 2D and 3D streetscape indices

Trees, Forests and People
Streetscapes consist of diverse spatial components from both 2D and 3D perspectives, which influence the urban thermal environment. In particular, the spatial composition of streets — including vegetation, buildings, roads, and open sky — plays a ...
Jiku Lee, Min Kim, Jinhyung Chon
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