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THE PERCEPTIONS AND MINDFULNESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REGARDING URBAN GREEN AREAS IN TURKEY: THE SAMPLE OF

Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi, 2013
Urban green areas are the parks and small-scale green spaces situated in cities, and there are those who consider the rooftop gardens and their house yards as urban green spaces. The urban green areas make an unprecedented contribution to the sustainable
Ferruh Tuzcuoğlu
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Factors of Urban Green Space in Texas (2001–2021): A Multi-Source Geospatial Analysis

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This study investigates the changes in urban green space coverage across 254 counties of varying types in Texas from 2001 to 2021, aiming to explore the spatial patterns of green space transformation and its socioeconomic driving factors.
Tengfei Ma, Huakai Ye, Yujing Lai, Haoying Han, Yangguang Song, Yile Chen   +5 more
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Study of Free‐Space Optical Quantum Network: Review and Prospectives

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Free from the constraints of fiber connections, free‐space quantum network enables longer and more flexible quantum network connections. This review summarizes and comparatively analyzes free‐space quantum network experiments based on ground stations, satellites, and mobile platforms.
Hua‐Ying Liu, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Open space networks can guide urban renewal in a megacity

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
As human populations move into cities they are increasingly isolated from the natural world, with associated negative impacts on health and well-being. However, as cities renew themselves through urban redevelopment and climate-adaptation, opportunities ...
James H Thorne, Hyeyeong Choe, Ryan M Boynton, Dong Kun Lee   +3 more
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How effective is ‘greening’ of urban areas in reducing human exposure to ground-level ozone concentrations, UV exposure and the ‘urban heat island effect’? An updated systematic review

Environmental Evidence, 2021
Background This review updates a systematic review published in 2010 ( http://www.environmentalevidence.org/completed-reviews/how-effective-is-greening-of-urban-areas-in-reducing-human-exposure-to-ground-level-ozone-concentrations-uv-exposure-and-the ...
Teri Knight, Sian Price, Diana Bowler, Amy Hookway, Sian King, Ko Konno, Raja Lorena Richter   +6 more
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Associations between green space availability and youth’s physical activity in urban and rural areas across Germany. [PDF]

Green space may be an important physical activity facilitator for children and adolescents. However, to date, most studies focused on urban green space, and few studies investigated associations between green space and physical activity across urban and ...
Niessner, Claudia, Schipperijn, Jasper; id_orcid, Burchartz, Alexander, Nigg, Carina, Fiedler, Janis, Schipperijn, Jasper, Reichert, Markus, Woll, Alexander   +7 more
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green space management & residents’ benefits [PDF]

, 2010
Management of green spaces in rental multi-family housing areas is discussed in a Swedish context and the benefits of maintenance for residents examined in this thesis.
Lindgren, Therese
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Governance, Nature’s Contributions to People, and Investing in Conservation Influence the Valuation of Urban Green Areas

, 2020
There is little information concerning how people in the Global South perceive the benefits and costs associated with urban green areas. There is even less information on how governance influences the way people value these highly complex socio ...
Francisco J. Escobedo, Fernando Carriazo, Alexandra Pineda-Guerrero   +2 more
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Green cities and health: a question of scale? [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background:</b> Cities are expanding and accommodating an increasing proportion of the world's population. It is important to identify features of urban form that promote the health of city dwellers. Access to green space has been
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