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Touching Urban Spaces With Our Life. How We Experience Cities Aesthetically

open access: yesRivista di Estetica
I explore one distinctive aspect of our relation to spaces which is particularly significant in our everyday aesthetic evaluations of cities (urban spaces): the frequent use of linguistic expressions referring to the sense of touch.
Abel B. Franco
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Navigating across individual and deliberative values: A dual Q‐method approach to elicit diverse values in grassland restoration

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The current ‘UN Decade on Restoration’ calls for collaboration between scientists and practitioners to formulate guidelines for ecosystem restoration, within which transdisciplinary approaches are imperative to rethink the diverse values associated with nature, paving the way for sustainable ecosystem restoration.
Miguel A. Cebrián‐Piqueras   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Garden as Symbol: Nature/City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
My approach .to environmental aesthetics here begins with reflections on previous encounters with the subject, focusing initially on aesthetics of the city.
Carter, Curtis
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Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The social impacts of stormwater management techniques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper presents the results of research into the social impacts of stormwater management techniques applied within urban environments. The main aim of the study was to compare public and professional attitudes of stormwater management practices such ...
Apostolaki, Stella   +2 more
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Le Nouveau Jardin Pittoresque: ethics, aesthetics and garden design in Belgium (1913-1940) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Le Nouveau Jardin Pittoresque (The New Picturesque Garden) association was founded in 1913 to ‘renew and popularize garden art’ in Belgium. Originally, the emancipation of the lower classes was put forward as an important task; the association acted as a
Notteboom, Bruno
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Living with Urban Everyday Technologies

open access: yesESPES, 2020
New and complex technologies are exceedingly present and in widespread use in contemporary cities globally. The urban lifeworld is saturated with various applications of information and computing technologies, but also more rudimentary forms of ...
Sanna Lehtinen
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Conservation Can Better Integrate Environmental Justice if We Consider People’s Needs

open access: yes
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Beck M. Swab
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
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

The Building That Teaches: Exploring Augmented Reality Affordances in Academic Incubators

open access: yesJournal of Interior Design, EarlyView., 2022
ABSTRACT Efforts to enhance the experience of interior environments have led to experimentation with augmented reality (AR) technology to encourage users to participate in the built space using their mobile devices. To investigate the role of AR technologies in interior design experiences, we highlight the interdisciplinary design of a mobile AR ...
Leah Scolere, Laura Malinin
wiley   +1 more source

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