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Effects of green space spatial pattern on land surface temperature: Implications for sustainable urban planning and climate change adaptation [PDF]

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2014
The urban heat island (UHI) refers to the phenomenon of higher atmospheric and surface temperatures occurring in urban areas than in the surrounding rural areas. Mitigation of the UHI effects via the configuration of green spaces and sustainable design
Caetano, Mário, Ghulam, Abduwasit, Halik, Ümüt, Latorre Carmona, Pedro, Maimaitiyiming, Matthew, Pla, Filiberto, Sawu, Mamat, Tiyip, Tashpolat   +7 more
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Investigating the Changes in Urban Green-Space Patterns with Urban Land-Use Changes: A Case Study in Hangzhou, China

Remote Sensing, 2022
Urban green space (e.g., parks, farmland, gardens, etc.) design in different urban functional regions (e.g., residential land, commercial land, etc.) depends on different planning purposes.
Jiadi Yin, Ping Fu, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Zhichao Li, Jinwei Dong   +4 more
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Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management [PDF]

, 2020
Urban soils are subject to anthropogenic influences and, reciprocally, provide benefits and dis-benefits to human wellbeing; for example carbon storage, nutrient cycling and the regulation trace element and contaminant mobility. Collective stewardship of
Beesley, L, Dennis, M, Hardman, M, James, P   +3 more
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Spatial Temporal of Urban Green Space in Tropical City Of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Journal of Applied Science & Process Engineering, 2021
Urban green space is one of the essential variables to influence urban climate. Urban green spaces offer evaporative cooling. The evaporative process is vital to mitigate the urban heat island. This paper investigates the spatial-temporal pattern changes
Ricky Anak Kemarau, Oliver Valentine Eboy   +1 more
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Vertical Stratification in Urban Green Space Aerobiomes [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2020
AbstractExposure to a diverse environmental microbiome is thought to play an important role in ‘educating’ the immune system and facilitating competitive exclusion of pathogens to maintain human health. Vegetation and soil are known to be key sources of airborne microbiota––theaerobiome.
Robinson, J.M., Cando-Dumancela, C., Liddicoat, C., Weinstein, P., Cameron, R., Breed, M.F.   +5 more
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Exploring the equality of accessing urban green spaces: A comparative study of 341 Chinese cities

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Despite multiple benefits of green space for urban residents, the investigations on equality of access to green space are scarce. Most focused on individual cities and the results were inconsistent due to the varying definitions, scales, and evaluation ...
Longfeng Wu, Seung Kyum Kim
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Using SPOT Data and FRAGSTAS to Analyze the Relationship between Plant Diversity and Green Space Landscape Patterns in the Tropical Coastal City of Zhanjiang, China

Remote Sensing, 2020
Urban green spaces provide a host of ecosystem services, the quantity and structure of which play an important role in human well-being. Rapid urbanization may modify urban green spaces, having various effects on plant diversity.
Xia-Lan Cheng, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, C.Y. Jim, Kelly Balfour, Liang-Jun Da, Salman Qureshi, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Hua-Feng Wang   +7 more
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Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review [PDF]

, 2007
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being.
Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Barrett, Bartley, Beier, Bengtsson, Bixler, Bodin, Bolund, Booth, Bratton, Brunner, Brussard, Butler, Cairns, Calow, Collins, Costanza, Costanza, Davey-Smith, Davey-Smith, de Groot, de Leo, de Vries, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Dunn, Ehrlich, Faber-Taylor, Flores, Grimm, Haddad, Haeuber, Haila, Hartig, Hartig, Henwood, Hobbs, Horwitz, Humpel, Humpel, Jari Niemela, Jongman, Kalevi Korpela, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kim, Kinzig, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Lackey, Levin, Li, Loreau, Lu, Macintyre, Macintyre, Mageau, Mayer, Millennium Assessment, Moss, Naeem, Newell, Noss, Odum, Opdam, O’Campo, Paton, Patz, Payne, Philip James, Pickett, Pickett, Pikora, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rioux, Ross, Rudlin, Sallis, Sandström, Schrijnen, Simberloff, St Leger, Stephen Venn, Stokols, Takano, Tanaka, Tilman, Troyer, Turner, Turner, Ulrich, Ulrich, Ulrich, van der Ryn, van Kamp, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Walmsley, Wells, Westphal, Whitford, Wicklum, Wilson, Yli-Pelkonen, Zielhuis, Zielinski-Gutierrez, Zipperer   +119 more
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Optimization Methods of Urban Green Space Layout on Tropical Islands to Control Heat Island Effects

Energies, 2022
With the rapid increase in demand for the construction and development of island cities in the South China Sea, the urban heat island phenomenon in such cities should become a key factor to be considered in future urban planning.
Haizhu Zhou, Qingqin Wang, Neng Zhu, Yitong Li, Jiayu Li, Lining Zhou, Yu Pei, Shuai Zhang   +7 more
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Determining the Effect of Green Spaces on Urban Heat Distribution Using Satellite Imagery

Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 2012
Urbanization has led to a reduction in green spaces and thus transformed the spatial pattern of urban land use. An increase in air temperature directly affects forest vegetation, phenology, and biodiversity in urban areas.
Hyun-Ah Choi , Woo-Kyun Lee, Woo-Hyuk Byun   +2 more
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