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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Urban green space is the critical composition of urban ecosystem, which provides numerous ecosystem services for urban residents, and has great value.
Hui Dang, Jing Li
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Evolution of Green Areas in Europe—A Comparison Between Three Urban Areas
Proceedings, 2019 Urbanization is a continuous and dynamic process which has a direct impact on ecosystems and their services provided to human society. Restriction of green areas greatly accentuates urban ecological risks, having an immediate negative impact on their ...
Cristina Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir +3 more
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URBAN GREEN AREAS – ISSUES AND ANSWERS FOR SUISTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CASE STUDY IN ROMANIA) [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2016 The current situation of urban areas from Romania shows a natural environment with increased risk for health of residents due to the low level of green growth resulted from lack of integrated management of green spaces in relation to the other ...
LIVIU NEAMŢU, ADINA CLAUDIA NEAMŢU
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Urban green space and obesity in older adults: Evidence from Ireland
SSM: Population Health, 2018 We examine the association between living in an urban area with more or less green space and the probability of being obese. This work involves the creation of a new dataset which combines geo-coded data at the individual level from the Irish ...
Seraphim Dempsey +2 more
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Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature
People and Nature, 2023 Green spaces in urban areas—like remnant habitat, parks, constructed wetlands, and street trees—supply multiple benefits. Many studies show green spaces in and near urban areas play important roles harbouring biodiversity and promoting human well‐being ...
Robert I. McDonald +15 more
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Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023 Horizontal green areas are becoming valuable, yet extruded spots, and their constant elimination at the expense of commercial and housing developments is disrupting green infrastructure. Interlocked existing urban structures seldom allow for the creation
Zaťovičová Miriam +1 more
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Retention capacity of extensive green roofs
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2016 Climate change causes a more frequent occurrence of extreme events. The result of these phenomena is the occurrence of floods and flooding, and periods of drought. Particularly unfavorable is intensive rainfall over the urban catchments.
Sobczyk Małgorzata, Mrowiec Maciej
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THE EFFECTS OF BUILT-UP AND GREEN AREAS ON THE LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE KUALA LUMPUR CITY [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 A common consequence of rapid and uncontrollable urbanization is Urban Heat Island (UHI). It occurs due to the negligence on climate behaviour which degrades the quality of urban climate condition.
N. A. Isa +2 more
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Residential Exposure to Green Space in Beijing
Remote Sensing, 2023 Urban green space has a critical impact on the urban ecological environment, residents’ health, and urban sustainability. Quantifying residential exposure to green space and proposing targeted enhancement strategies in urban areas is helpful to ...
Yue Cao, Guangdong Li, Yaohui Huang
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LandUrban park green spaces not only significantly enhance urban environmental quality, but also increase social interactions, making them a crucial factor in urban vitality, particularly in densely populated and ecologically stressed metropolitan areas ...
Guancen Wu +3 more
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