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Imperfect streetscapes. Design climate-adaptive nature-based urban regeneration [PDF]

Anuari d’Arquitectura i Societat
Imperfection, uncertainty and adaptation are intrinsically intertwined concepts that reflect the complex nature of human existence in the Anthropocene. This contribution delves into the nexus of imperfection, uncertainty, and adaptation through the lens ...
Alessandro Raffa
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Climate-Adaptive Nature-Based Regenerative Urban Green Streetscapes: Design Exploration from the City of Matera [PDF]

Sustainability
Over the past two decades, global cities have been addressing climate challenges by transforming their gray infrastructural spaces through climate-adaptive and nature-based regeneration processes. These efforts also aim to tackle local ecological, social, and economic disparities.
Ina Macaione, Alessandro Raffa, Bianca Andaloro   +2 more
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Equity in Microscale Urban Design and Walkability: A Photographic Survey of Six Pittsburgh Streetscapes [PDF]

Sustainability, 2017
This paper explores inequity in neighborhood walkability at the micro-scale level by qualitatively examining six streetscapes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A photographic survey is used to highlight differences in the quality and design of the built environment among pairs of streetscapes with high or low social vulnerability but approximately equal ...
Bradley Bereitschaft
exaly   +4 more sources

Urban Green Regeneration: Design exploration for climate-resilient Streetscapes through NbS

Techne
The regeneration of urban streetscapes through Nature-based Solutions is crucial for achieving climate neutrality and resilience. However, design research is limited to date and needs to impact current design and planning practices.
Alessandro Raffa, Monica Moscatelli
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Predicting Perceived Restorativeness of Urban Streetscapes Using Semantic Segmentation and Machine Learning: A Case Study of Liwan District, Guangzhou

Buildings
Urban streetscapes are among the most frequently encountered spatial environments in daily life, and their restorative visual features have a significant impact on well-being.
Wenjuan Kang, Ni Kang, Pohsun Wang
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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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Development, scoring, and reliability for the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes for Safe Routes to School (MAPS-SRTS) instrument [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Active commuting to school can be a meaningful contributor to overall physical activity in children. To inform better micro-level urban design near schools that can support active commuting to school, there is a need for measures that capture ...
Leigh Ann Ganzar, Katie Burford, Deborah Salvo, Chad Spoon, James F. Sallis, Deanna M. Hoelscher   +5 more
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From Policy to Action: Co-Designing Research With Local Government to Advance Urban Greening. [PDF]

Health Promot J Austr
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 ...
Williams C, Tefera Y, Soebarto V, Kandulu J, Lowe M, Humphrey J, Croeser T, Daddow L, Willsmore B.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Healthy living environments create healthy physical activity-related habits (ELEVATE): A protocol for a smartphone-based mixed-method study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Physical inactivity remains a key risk factor for adverse public health outcomes, disproportionately burdening lower socioeconomic groups. While individual-level interventions may temporarily increase walking-related physical activity (WPA) for some ...
Marco Helbich, S M Labib, Isabel Liedtke, Danielle Sent, Ronald Crombag, Dick Ettema, Hanneke Posthumus, Saskia van der Zee, Mart Reiling, Susan Ruinaard, Anneke van Mispelaar, Aarnout Brombacher, Jeroen Hoyng, Bas Spierings, Wieger Savenije   +14 more
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Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
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.
Jarvis I, Besser L, Finlay J, Hystad P, Lane KJ, Hunter RF, James P, Jiménez MP, Nieuwenhuijsen M, van den Bosch M, Van Riper D, Lee J, Doiron D, Brook J, Adar SD, Brauer M.   +15 more
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